Emery Riddle School opinions

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Havick’s responce was also my initial thought.
I appreciate his and everyone else’s comment.
This is a public discussion and not private counseling.

But given time to think about it.
And change some of my previous comments.
I will dive further into exactly why you should not go into pilot programs with American or European colleges.

The best way to train to be a pilot is 24/7 365.
Immerse yourself in it.
Live it, breath it.
But what ever you do, just do it.

We are only talking 200 flying hours, not being an astronaut.
It’s not hard.
In fact it’s fun.
So relax and enjoy it.
Why stress yourself out over something that doesn’t need to be.
Stress makes bad decisions, and bad decisions make lousy pilots.

I think it’s counter productive to be in a L3 generation EasyJet program where if you fart sideways and piss somebody off, your out.
I couldn’t stand being in a class room for six months wearing a children’s junior pilot wings and epaulettes.
Then playing dressing up like an East African General just to fly a Diamond DA20.
I see kids worrying about A320 Vs B737 type ratings before they have ever flown a plane.
I’ve seen people so knotted up by all this that they throw up in the plane.

America is come as you are.
Pilot training will include mistakes.
It’s a learning curve not a trajectory.
Why have your future tied to it.

Part 141 training in the US for zero to commercial/Instrument/multi-engine is about $50,000.
Zero to private and instrument rating is about $20,000.
Hour building to EASA 175 hour minimums are $7500 - $10,000.
$7500 if you rent a generic Cessna.
But I recommend you rent the type of plane that you will be training on back in Europe.
Flying a light aircraft in the US is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.
This should take no more than several months.
Six to 175 hours or nine to Comm/Inst/Multi.
Not four friggin years.

There are many Part 61 flight schools that are cheaper.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with some of them.
It’s more hit and miss, though.
But the one I use follows a Pt141 program.
They just aren’t FAA approved.
Many won’t do the TSA and paper work for foreign students.
You have to follow the minimum 250 hour requirements.
This is not a problem, because you’d need the hours anyway.

Now on to Florida Tech, and why I think it’s the top aviation university.
Like anything you have to ask yourself exactly what are your goals.
FIT, St Louis, North Dakota and Embry Riddle have the widest range of aviation courses.
In both Associate, Bacholors, Masters and Doctorate degrees.
If you only want a under graduate Bachelors degree then you can cast a wider net.
Associate degrees combined with flying are often done at local community colleges.
But combining graduate advanced college courses that I like AND a flight department that I like.
Makes FIT #1, and ND #2 and ER #3.

Is there a specific field that you would want to go into?
How about Aviation Law, or Aviation Medicine?
Or do you just want to be a pilot?

If you just want to be a pilot.
Going to this great length is a pointless waste of time, effort and money.
There are plenty of ways to get a degree that is required to get a pilot job at a US major airline.
Without spending four years for what will become just a tick of a box.

You talk about Dubai Emirates University.
It’s a sub campus of Coventry University England.
Look closely at the life of an Emirates pilot in the Middle East section of this web site.
I think you will put that idea where it belongs.