Q&A: Free flight training aviation college?
Question by Jackie Chan: Free flight training aviation college?
If i go to aviation college, do i get free flight training? Or does it depend on what college i go to?
Then why would anyone attend a aviation university? If it isn’t free, would it be better if i went to a normal college? Will going to an aviation college boost my chances of being a pilot?
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Answer by wm226
In the United States, free flight training is unheard of… regardless of what college you go to (aviation or otherwise). But, if you receive exceptional grades, you might qualify for grants of scholarships; but they are harder to come by nowadays.
No, going to an aviation college will not boost your chances of being a professional pilot; though it might help your networking — which is a somewhat vital factor in aviation. The main reason to why someone would want to attend an aviation university is if they want to be completely enveloped within the subject of aviation.
Nonetheless, you would be just as excellent attending a “normal college.” Going to a community college, earning an associates degree, then transferring to a public [in-state] four-year university will save you a lot of money! You can major in something else other than aviation for a backup plot (since aviation is very cyclical) and flight train on the side; or you can do flight training with college.
There isn’t one clear cut way to be a commercial pilot (which I assume is what you want to be); there are many… infinite ways.
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There is no such thing as free flight training. You always pay. It’s matter of how you pay and how much you pay. Military flight training which does not come out of your pocket really comes in the form of difficulty and commitment. Civilian flight training prices depend on where you go. Pseudo-aviation colleges charge an arm and a leg, get you into a financial black hole and yet the degree is really worthless. All it does is assure you that when your flying stops, for whatever reason, you will not be able to get a job in aviation because when pilots are not working the entire aviation community goes south with the pilots. A recent ERAU grad found to his dismay that not only would he continue to be unemployed, but far worse, he was unemployable. He wanted to know how to get into the Air Force and glide so he may possibly meet his payments to the US government to repay his loans, all $ 100,000.
Get a degree in whatever you have an interest and aptitude. You can glide with in this area any educational background you can imagine. You do not need to know how to build or maintain any airplane you want to glide. All the aerodynamics you need will be educated as part of conventional ground teach. Earn a degree in something that can support you and your wife and children (when that happens). The degrees that the pilots had in my squadrons were across the board, from aeronautical engineering to foreign languages to journalism to mechanical engineering. None of us wound up on the dole.
Beware of the flight teach hype. This is an elaborate process to separate you and your parents from a lot of money. There are nearly no seats available now and those that are open are being filled mostly by former military pilots. The least qualified of which have more hours and infinitely better training than you may possibly ever obtain in those pseudo-aviation colleges. Probably you do not have a ton of cash to squander, so invest your time and effort in training for an occupation that will place food on the table.
Star flight training with you complete college. Take your lessions as close collectively as possible. If you do you spend too much time between them you willpend half of your in review. Reviewing expenditure as much as instruction time. A further ERAU spar of taking 80 hours to get his PPL. It took me 35 hours plus a 20 minute try out ride and I was done.