The math classes at Riddle are a joke. Everything is open book and 40% of it is from homework assignments that are corrected to 100%

high school math is difficult actually. I didn't remember ANY of it and had to take 2 refresher courses at Riddle

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I agree with this, and if math is an issue, Khan Academy is fantastic for getting up to speed, for free!

Really? How so? All it means is that you check the 4 year degree box just like the guy who majored in Bonzai Tree snipping. On second thought, if the metric is who paid more for a narrowly focused degree, I guess ERAU grads are special in terms of loan repayment.

I'd echo a state school (inexpensive) in a discipline that provides a solid backstop in a non-aviation subject. So what that it'll take a while, stay on track and you should be done about the time you've got 3000 hours TPIC.

I kinda wonder how this would play in an interview.

HR: So tell us a little about why you chose the college you did and why and tell us about some of your experiences there (an actual question I was asked in an interview)

OP: Well, I wanted the fast track so I went to Puppy Mill pilot school and got my ratings in 18 months with no degree and took the first airline gig I could get. I chose Hollywood Upstairs Medical College because it was cheap and didn't require too many of those icky hard math classes, just to check the box on your company's application. It was great. I did all my homework and tests from La Quintas and Holiday Inn Expresses across the country. The Holiday Inn Expresses really helped. I met so many awesome people in the business centers. Can I have my job now?

HR: Uh huh...

The smartest thing I've read is that it isn't worth the expense for ERAU's actual campus. Agree whole heartedly. You gotta be out of your damn mind to pay that tuition.

Delta specifically wrote on my resume, in red pen, at a job fair that I attended my university and didn't go online.

I was also asked in my interview about why I chose my school. I loved this question because I loved my college experience. Everyone has their circumstances, but if you are in it for the long term I recommend attending a university the old school way. Good luck!

Was the guy who wrote on your Resume also born in 1905 and still going to and from school up hill, in the snow with one shoe on? Come on people, this is 2016 the age of everything is computerized and online! Most of us in this industry have families and are FOs with only 11 days off a month barley making enough money to buy a cup of noodles every night. It's not that easy to just go to school and get a 4 year degree the "old school way". If you do, that could take what, 10 years to get a 4 year degree....

I think the point is that it's the journey and not the destination that make you a well-rounded individual. And that still carries some value most places. Sure, everyone's situation is different but if all you've done since high school is chase airline gigs and blew off college...well fine. But all other things being equal, who would you hire? I've spent the last decade sharing cockpits with both types and I know who I would want to hire.

I don't think going to college makes you any better of a person/pilot. People with true life experience (military, ex law enforcement, firefighter etc) are a far well rounded person than some 22 year old who went straight to a 4 year college and is now flying at a regional. I sure do know who I would hire!