Flight school more worth it than college?

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the JetBlue training facility on Monday. One of the instructors told me they just had a new pilot come on with 1800 hours of mostly single engine flight instruction. No college degree and no turbine time. The only dual engine time was for his certification

That is frightening. Yikes!

Actually it’s not that bad. Airlines like to train pilots “their way” rather than spend time to unlearn poor habits.

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Anonymous wrote:How much should you spend at average for a flight education?

Private pilot is about $12k to $14k. If you are talking two year flight academy for all certs they run $100k to $120k plus housing/food.

You can do private pilot on your own and then transfer over to a flight school. You can also just keep working on your certs on your own bit by bit, but then you become an airline pilot later. So, it makes more sense economically to do flight school, defer the loans, work as a CFI at that flight school to build hours and then get recruited to a regional where you can start making good money.

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If money is tight look for a two year flight school that has Accreditation and can accept FAFSA, 529s, etc. Not all do.

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OP anything could happen to eliminate him from flying- health / physical issues or he may get burnt out/ hence the shortage!
I would advise on a better plan for a long career; have him apply to aerospace undergrad college degree program. It will broaden his opportunities- so many career paths, it’s not a straight line, but at least he’ll have a solid eduction and doors open to careers related to aviation if and when he wants to stop flying commercial. The technology is changing fast and the industry will surely be impacted.

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Try here - https://erau.edu/

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the JetBlue training facility on Monday. One of the instructors told me they just had a new pilot come on with 1800 hours of mostly single engine flight instruction. No college degree and no turbine time. The only dual engine time was for his certification

Jesus. Remind me not to fly JetBlue anytime soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was at the JetBlue training facility on Monday. One of the instructors told me they just had a new pilot come on with 1800 hours of mostly single engine flight instruction. No college degree and no turbine time. The only dual engine time was for his certification

Jesus. Remind me not to fly JetBlue anytime soon.

Before 2009, the general minimum was 750 hours. There isn’t a direct relationship between flight time and safety. It is very easy to develop bad habits if you are just doing basic flying for 5 years to build hours. It’s better to have a momentum in the learning process that focuses on safety. This is why military training is so good. They teach fast and hard with a focus on safety.