Post 9/11 GI Bill

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Anyone on here using their Post 9/11 GI Bill for flight school? If so, which school are you attending and how is it working out?
 
The Chap. 33 benefits are almost too good to be true. Flight training is paid for 100% as long as you can find a college flight program and it is considered part of the degree program.

I just started going to Aviator College (Ari Ben Aviator). The two-year degree program here includes 200 hours of coveted multi-engine time in the BE-76 Duchess. I just finished my PPL in the Cessna and had my first flight in the duchess in less than six weeks. They even let me fly before VA has paid the school. I havn't had to take out a loan and pay up-front; they pay the school directly.

While researching some schools that will qualify for the 100% flight training, I came across UND, Embry Riddle, Cochise College, AIMS College, and Aviator College. Most other schools which own and operate their aircraft qualify. That means that Mesa Pilot Development at Arizona State and UVSC online would not qualify since the Institution of Higher Learning (College/University) is not actually conducting the flight training. The school has to conduct the training and not contract it out. Also, the maximum fees per term are different for each state. You have to find a state which has reimbursable fees in excess of $15,000 per term so 100% of your training in that semester is paid for.

If you have any more questions let me know.
 
uswc45 said:
The Chap. 33 benefits are almost too good to be true. Flight training is paid for 100% as long as you can find a college flight program and it is considered part of the degree program.

I just started going to Aviator College (Ari Ben Aviator). The two-year degree program here includes 200 hours of coveted multi-engine time in the BE-76 Duchess. I just finished my PPL in the Cessna and had my first flight in the duchess in less than six weeks. They even let me fly before VA has paid the school. I havn't had to take out a loan and pay up-front; they pay the school directly.

While researching some schools that will qualify for the 100% flight training, I came across UND, Embry Riddle, Cochise College, AIMS College, and Aviator College. Most other schools which own and operate their aircraft qualify. That means that Mesa Pilot Development at Arizona State and UVSC online would not qualify since the Institution of Higher Learning (College/University) is not actually conducting the flight training. The school has to conduct the training and not contract it out. Also, the maximum fees per term are different for each state. You have to find a state which has reimbursable fees in excess of $15,000 per term so 100% of your training in that semester is paid for.

If you have any more questions let me know.
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Don't know how I didn't see this before I posted up my novel in the ERAU section, lol. The only thing I have to question, is...I know that ERAU-Prescott just entered into an agreement with Universal Helicopters at KPRC. If you check out their (ERAU) website, you'll see an entire page dedicated to this "union" and the ability for person eligible for Post 9/11 benefits to use that funding for training with UH. http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/newsreleases/2010/helicopters.html They're not "technicially" condusting their own flight training, right? I'm due to leave for Prescott in June for the Summer B semester to become "Riddlized" (their words, NOT mine); basically to get me acclimated with their expectations and to check my current abilities before the Fall semester starts up and I don't lose much of the benefit.

I'm excited...I've been waiting for something like this to happen since I got out of the Navy back in '07! :D
 
Yep, when I get out of the air force in 2012, i plan to go to the helicopter school at ERAU. It really is so awesome, I will hardly have to pay anything for my helicopter licenses.

On that note, is there any other schools that do degrees for helicopter flight? I can only find a couple and ERAU is the only one that seems appealing at the time.

I wish they had this at their daytona campus though... I already had to spend my whole enlistment in arizona...
 
Tokosan said:
Yep, when I get out of the air force in 2012, i plan to go to the helicopter school at ERAU. It really is so awesome, I will hardly have to pay anything for my helicopter licenses.

On that note, is there any other schools that do degrees for helicopter flight? I can only find a couple and ERAU is the only one that seems appealing at the time.

I wish they had this at their daytona campus though... I already had to spend my whole enlistment in arizona...
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If you found another place that does it other than ERAU-PRC, you've found more than I have. Its the only university/college that I know that offers it. I know UND has a helo program, but they don't have any hand in the flight training.
 
Cross-post, but I wanted to make sure this was in the correct forum.:dunno:

Here is a list I have compiled of good options familiar with Post 9/11 GI Bill:

Central Oregon Community College - Bend, OR
Big Bend Community College - Moses Lake, WA
Salt Lake Community College - Salt Lake City, UT
Palm Beach State College - Lake Worth, FL
Embry Riddle - Prescott, AZ, Daytona Beach, FL
University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, ND
North West College of Aviation - Seattle, WA
Yavapai College - Prescott, AZ
Middle Tennessee State University - Murfreesboro, TN
Cochise College - Douglas, AZ
Chandler Gilbert Community College/UND Partnership - Phoenix, AZ
Aviator College - Ft. Pierce, FL
AIMS College - Greeley, CO
Portland Community College - Portland, OR
Indian Hills Community College - Ottumwa, Iowa
Westfield State College - Westfield, MA
 
b3181981 said:
Does any body know of a college flight program in Florida or Utah that you can use a bell 206 for training from private-instrument-comm-cfi in? I went on the bell helicopter website
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en/training/index.cfm?content=about/links.cfm
and it said that their was a program offered to receive a degree from Utah Valley State College. Has any one been to this school for aviation?

The reason I'm looking into the bell is because it is turbine time, I already have my private fixed wing with just over 200 hours. I made it to the end of the ifr training but I didn't take my check ride or written because of finances getting in the way. I have 28 months left of entitlement of the post9/11 bill and If they are going to pay 62,000 a term with three terms in a year, I might as well take the most expensive training available to me.

I'm going to contact bell tomorrow and see what they have to say about using the post9/11 bill for training.
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From a few recent conversations with schools and flight training centers, UVU isn't currently set up to allow Post 9/11 GI Bill for let's call it "Distance Learning Flight Training". You can attend flight training at the UVU campus/flight training airport. Not sure if and when UVU will set this up, but I know a few flight training centers across the U.S. would like to through the UVU Global Aviation Degree Program. One of the problems is the charging of the flight lab fees through UVU and then reimbursement to the flight training center. Good luck and keep us informed!
 
Quick question, is anyone actually, currently using post 9/11 GI bill to attend a college/ university for a flight degree program. If so is it truly paying 100 % of tuition and fees. I just seperated from the Army and came home to use this bill , with the understanding that it would in fact cover all that being part of a degree program at an approved university. Went through admission and all that great fun stuff, just to get to the the VA rep for the school that told me that the VA would cover tuition but not the lab fees for the actual flight training, so that I would be responsible for that 30000.
 
UND Will cover everything for its flight program under chapter 33 and give you the in-state price and BAH is paid at 1180 a month. Im seriously considering it... unless anyone has a better offer, i am a texas resident. Texas A&M Central college is #2 on my list as well as San Jacinto Community College is #3 (they have a partnership with Delta Connection Academy)

I know UND is completely covered by the post 9/11 GI Bill because North Dakota covers 409.56 credit hr and lab fees are covered at 25k per term
If anyone has anything that Tops UND let me know. ERAU is a good school but anyone using the GI Bill for it is going to end up having to use other sources for money to cover it. Yellow Ribbon, student loans are just a few things i want to stay away from.
 
If anyone has questions about Post 9/11 GI Bill, feel free to shoot me a PM. I have been using at Farmingdale State College Flight program for the last three semesters. (Fall/Spring/Summer)
 
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