A degree can also be earned while waiting in your hotel on charter. In fact with 2 years industry experience and your ATPL subjects under your belt you can skip the whole bachelor's degree and zoom straight to a Masters at some UNI's. 1 Year online is worth somewhere between 300-600hrs for most first GA jobs. Year 2 should get you into a light twin doing 500-700hrs, and by year three you should be able to walk straight into the RH seat of a regional (if not before). OR in that same time frame you could pick up a BAvi and have 250ish hrs.
Pilot A:250 hrs + BAvi
Pilot B: 1500 hrs RH Seat Turbo Prop.
Average time to command in a regional seems to move around a bit but 3 years is a good guide line. So by the time Pilot A gets a gig in a regional Pilot B would be a Captain. Average pay Difference FO-Capt. in a Regional $40K ish. So after 3 more years Pilot B is a head $75K and 3/4 through the tax deductible education expense that is the Masters of Aviation.
