?two roads and i can only travel one?

[carlbruno]

?two roads and i can only travel one? maritime vs aviation schools

As i sit here tonight i am faced with probably the biggest decision i will ever have to make durring my lifetime. i am torn do i listen to my parents or my closest buddy?
i am 17 years old and i am a senior in high school. my father was an air traffic controller he was left with out a job after regan fired all the controlers. left with no back up he has been going on job to job for the last 25 years never to be happy with a job again. my friend is about 32 years old he is a furloughed pilot with delta and a lieutennant in the USANG.
i want to be an airline pilot, this is my dream as it allways has been. my choice is:
A) my parents way; go to suny maritime get a deck licence learn to drive the tankers work 3 mo on 3 mo off. starting sallary 60,000. get my pilots licences (private, instrument, cfi, cfii, cfmi, commercial) while in school with flight safety intl. or similar. and then use the maritime $ as a back up and a job while im waiting for an aviation job. flying durring the off time. the college is 4 yrs

pros as i understand them- back up plan, good $ source, way to pay for hours and atp if worst comes to worst

cons- who wants to be on a ship in the middle of no where, maritime degree, lack of hours upon graduation, ?inferior training?
no internship prog? only fly on weekends, not as many hours

now my pilot buddy is suggesting a different route:

B) go to florida tech, embry riddle, dowling for their fligt program
get an aplicable degree in aviation management with flight (private, instrument, multi, comm, cfi,cfii,cfmi) get in with their internship program and hook a commuter job and well u know the deal

pros- aviation degree aviation school, fly all week, time to do instrutor stuff, internship prog, ?superior flight training?

cons- !?!?WHAT IF!?!?!? i cant get a job?
get stuck in the commuters?
how to live on a 1,200 salary a month?
limited low paying management job as backup


i just want to fly asap and with the best possible training. which do u think is the best route for me to take?

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