Thank you Gull for a well written and informative piece.
I whole heartedly agree with what you said.
Florida Institute of Technology is about $40,000 a year for tuition.
And $15,000 for room and board.
So let’s just say $62,500 a year, for four years.
That is a quarter of a million Dollars on an under graduate degree.
Then you add in the cost of flying.
That will be at least another $125,000.
Total estimated bill $375,000.
You’d be mad.
Whilst visiting Auburn University, I met a young lady going through their pilot program.
She had over $90,000 in her private pilots license.
My daughter took her up in our plane for the afternoon whilst I toured the campus.
I see no reason why she was held up, other than money.
There is no way I’d spend that kind of money.
I love my kids, but not that much.
I don’t spend much time in California.
So I know nothing about colleges out there.
Other than they are expensive.
It’s also very hard to get in as demand out strips supply.
I visit as many aviation colleges and flight schools as I can because I am genuinely interested in improving society for all.
The Big 3 of Europe CTC, OAA and FTE have changed the world.
In a negative way I’m afraid.
The thought of taking out £120,000 in debt for a (f)ATPL is apauling.
Slick marketing as it’s not a frozen ATPL but a CPL/IR-ME with ATPL written exams passed.
It also wrecks the natural order of progression.
When someone goes straight to a major airline just because of a school.
Now the Americans have gotten into the business with L3 purchase of CTC.
So there has to be a better way, and I believe I have found it.
I didn’t invent it, I just read and learned from this web site.
Now I openly share it with all.
If you don’t like my advice, that’s OK too.
For I’m not making a Nickle out of it.
There always is another way.
And whilst L3 has changed the world, so has Apple with the I-Pad.
There is nolonger a need to attend a college.
All degrees can be done online whilst you build flight time at the air taxi or regional airlines.
On line aviation degrees give credit for pilot and other aviation licenses.
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