Does anyone know any real good flight schools . Also is being a pilot as fun as flight simulator is a job that get old after a few months or is a job that gets really good pay and is it enjoyable . Thanks

I've also been doing 3 2hour flights a week since September two years ago.  Certainly never a dull moment, always exciting and challenging. 

Flying a real airplane is WAY better than flight sim!  Not even close.   Like comparing watching someone eat a perfect meal on TV, versus actually eating it when you're starving.

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Was toying with the idea of doing an aviation degree years ago; saw that Embry-Riddle (Florida) and U. North Dakota were excellent but expensive; there are a lot of them out there, though. Four-year, two-year, maintenance, management, you name it. Dowling College here in NYC is supposed to be very good, too.  I met a guy during that period who was a Comair grad, and he wasn't too happy with their job-placement program; other than that, I can't tell you much.

Not if something happens to you that prevents you from flying.

As great as flight colleges are, many leave you unprepared if for whatever reason you can't fly. I'd STRONGLY recommend also getting a degree in something else-just in case. That's what I'm doing (I'm also doing it because my father is the Corporate VP of J&J and my grandfather[still on my dads side] was the CEO of Blue Cross. Lot to live up to )

My advice would be to do something well away from aviation in terms of a degree. Its not the first thing airlines will look for, they just want to know you have one. The problem is aviation related degrees, leave you stuffed big time if there arnt any jobs going in the aviation community as they dont transfer to the civilian area. Whereas something like physics/maths business whatever will work in both fields.

**"Not if something happens to you that prevents you from flying." **


there are ways to plan your aviation degree so that if something prevents you from flying (medical, interest, finances, whatever) you can easily change specializations within the major. 

I got, pardon my french, screwed out of flying here, but am still a flight major.  I'm a Junior, and all I had to do was change from Flight Officer specialization, to Aviation Safety Management.  Over half of the flight classes I've taken already are required for my current specialization.  Only difference is I don't have to take any more flight labs or Part 141 classes.  Easy as could be.  Trade a couple 141 classes, for econ, and accounting, and I'm all set.  AND, I still get to take amazing classes such as Mountain/Canyon flying (best class EVER!) Advanced Navigation, and my other Aircraft systems classes... let alone the aviation law, advanced aerodynamics, airport managament... etc.

The program here has the integrated courses specifically for the people who do have complications in the flying, as it happens all the time. 

Simply a matter of planing things out... just like flying.

P.S. sorry, just wanted an excuse to use the glowing and marquee functions at the top.

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I am getting my BA in commercial aviation.  I get my certs and ratings up to CFII with some time in a CRJ sim.  It will be costing me ~$80,000 including flight costs, tuition, room/board.  BTW, I'm at UND

I've just always been told by people I know that an aviation degree really isn't the best way to go... I mean, for me, it's not really an option-I want to go into the airforce and fly, therefore I go to a standard four-year college. Just sayin what I've heard