Embry Riddle Aeronautical University question?

Cris

Cris

flying bus driver
Hello. I will be applying for ERAU next year, likely for both campuses. I have pretty good grades, so I assume I will get in both schools. My ultimate dream is to fly for a career.

Anyways, rather than majoring in Aeronautical Science, it sounds like it is a good idea to major in something that you can get a job in in case you loose your flying job or get grounded. Is majoring in Aviation Business Management and minoring in flight a good idea? Will it leave me with all the ratings required when I graduate so I can persue an instructing position? *I will be going into college with a PPL and 83 hours logged already*.

Any advice, or should I major in Aeronautical Science?
 
Do what makes you happy.

That said, why not go to a non aviation college, fly on the side, save boat loads of cash, go to parties that don't involve Top Gun on loop or discussions on flying or flight sims and have both sexes in attendance.

ERAU is stupidly expensive and it doesnt make sense to pay that premium for the reduction in hours they had carved out.
 
If you are dead set on going to riddle, get as much done before you get there as you can. Community college, flying, everything. Get in and get out, spend the least you can there.
 
I regret it. Made excellent grades, and the degree has yet to do anything for me. The diploma is too coarse to even wipe with.
 
LeonPhelps said:
I regret it. Made excellent grades, and the degree has yet to do anything for me. The diploma is too coarse to even wipe with.
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But is majoring in Business a better option? My question is minoring in flight good enough for the training to persue a proffesional pilot career?
 
Yes.

Riddle might get you a regional job a tad faster because of the type of program and the new FAA regs, but it will cost you and leave you without a backup plan. At the moment, apparently one major airline does prefer an aviation degree, but most of us here who went to Riddle think that's silly. At 16, so much will change before you're qualified for a major job anyways. I'm a big believer in having a solid backup plan, not only as a backup, but as a second area of interest you can dovetail alongside a flying career. Quite a few of us have time for that.
 
Cris said:
But is majoring in Business a better option? My question is minoring in flight good enough for the training to persue a proffesional pilot career?
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I have a flight minor myself, and that hasn't opened any doors. While I enjoyed the structure and checklist discipline of ERAU (opposed to part 61), you are mostly going to fly with very low time CFIs for top dollar. You can easily find a local 61 school on par with ERAU flight training. No matter what path you take, getting to your ATP isn't that difficult. Once you finally get into the pipeline, hours built really fast.

If I was to major in Business, I could have gone to UF and finished my bachelors for $3,000. That's a lot better than the 70k I pissed away. I thought the academics at ERAU were outstanding, just not the price of a middle class home outstanding.
 
I would not go to Riddle, and go instead to a school that is a little bit cheaper. Major in something like business, and continue flying lessons at a local airport. Start instructing once you have earned your CFI so that you can build hours and earn some extra cash. I don't think the advantages of going to Riddle are worth the difference in tuition when compared to a good state school.
 
LeonPhelps said:
I have a flight minor myself, and that hasn't opened any doors. While I enjoyed the structure and checklist discipline of ERAU (opposed to part 61), you are mostly going to fly with very low time CFIs for top dollar. You can easily find a local 61 school on par with ERAU flight training. No matter what path you take, getting to your ATP isn't that difficult. Once you finally get into the pipeline, hours built really fast.
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Could you explain the pipeline programs they have going? People have told me that just is an over dramatized marketing tool for the school but It sounds like a nice program to me.
 
Cris said:
Could you explain the pipeline programs they have going? People have told me that just is an over dramatized marketing tool for the school but It sounds like a nice program to me.
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Not necessarily an ERAU sponsered pipeline, but your first flying job that you snag on your own after you graduate. There were internships when I was there, but never heard of any programs to accumulate hours.
 
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