The Great ERAU?

[johns13b]

The flight and academic departments are two toatally seperate deals. There are many students who go for a degree from ERAU, then fly off campus. However, the rates right now at Riddle for renting a C172 with the latest equipment is $92/hr. Thats about average at the Daytona field.

I've flown at many flight schools. The structure of Riddle matches what I want in a flight school. This is not to say Riddle is for everyone...it's not. I can understand the logic of flying elsewhere, but I'm not getting a "Pilot" degree. Students can choose to earn a degree that will put them anywhere in the aviation inustry, not just flying. I will have options, but flying is my dream.

The internship I had knocked down the hour requirement severely. I couldn't have done that without Riddle. The flight instructor job I will get here is better than anywhere else. I'll get to further my education for FREE, benefits that are better than anywhere in the area, and I get to instruct where you won't run out of students. OR, I can instruct for a couple months to get hours and go to a regional, but I don't want to just get the minimum.

Every student at Embry-Riddle has a different story. However, we all have something in common. We love the industry and we believe that Riddle can place us where we want to be.

Are we all wrong in going to Riddle? I think not.
Are we better than everyone else?:whatever: The whole "Riddle pilots are arrogant" thing bothers me. We're not better people or pilots. I just believe that I go to a school that fits me extremely well.
Am I guaranteed a "jet job"? No. Anything worth doing has to be earned and isn't easy. However, the internship opportunities make it easier.

Is Riddle great? The best way to answer that is just to say that it's great for me.

 

[boeing 777-300]

The flight and academic departments are two toatally seperate deals. There are many students who go for a degree from ERAU, then fly off campus. However, the rates right now at Riddle for renting a C172 with the latest equipment is $92/hr. Thats about average at the Daytona field.

I've flown at many flight schools. The structure of Riddle matches what I want in a flight school. This is not to say Riddle is for everyone...it's not. I can understand the logic of flying elsewhere, but I'm not getting a "Pilot" degree. Students can choose to earn a degree that will put them anywhere in the aviation inustry, not just flying. I will have options, but flying is my dream.

The internship I had knocked down the hour requirement severely. I couldn't have done that without Riddle. The flight instructor job I will get here is better than anywhere else. I'll get to further my education for FREE, benefits that are better than anywhere in the area, and I get to instruct where you won't run out of students. OR, I can instruct for a couple months to get hours and go to a regional, but I don't want to just get the minimum.

Every student at Embry-Riddle has a different story. However, we all have something in common. We love the industry and we believe that Riddle can place us where we want to be.

Are we all wrong in going to Riddle? I think not.
Are we better than everyone else?:whatever: The whole "Riddle pilots are arrogant" thing bothers me. We're not better people or pilots. I just believe that I go to a school that fits me extremely well.
Am I guaranteed a "jet job"? No. Anything worth doing has to be earned and isn't easy. However, the internship opportunities make it easier.

Is Riddle great? The best way to answer that is just to say that it's great for me.

when i post about ERAU, i have an idea i try to present. This idea is that flying can be done at an FBO while one gets a regular college degree. This does a couple things. 1. Cheaper 2. Get a back up degree.

Now, for some ERAU is great. If money isnt a problem and you really have no interest in any other subject. go for it. i personally have chosen the FBO/ regular college path. Its convenient, cost-efficent, and in my city.

i dont think ERAU is a bad school. Heck im pretty sure they have the best Aero engineering in US of A.

 

[MFT1Air]

"I now am 2 classes short of my master’s degree at the prestigious ERAU"

That, and $1.85, will get you a grande coffee, with room, at Starbucks...

"prestigious ERAU"

I graduated from Riddle in 1983, been a major airline pilot since 1990, and I can promise you, no one on the outside thinks it's prestigious. Riddle is a legend in it's own mind.

Back in 1972, I did hear about ERAU, but chose the military academy instead. In retrospect, it's all about the fact I have a degree. Nothing matters after that but how you utilize it.

Harvard, Yale, Cornell, MIT. . .they are all strictly schools. Doesn't guarantee squat in the long run, believe me.

The same discussion occurs when people discuss advantages of two year college attendance before transitioning to a 4-year school with the pros and cons. Yea, yea. . .point/counterpoint - what matters is what you do once you've graduated.

 

[SkyHawg]

why was it a mistake? was going to that college a mistake or getting a degree in aeronautics the mistake? Im asking because planing on going to ATP and finishing up my last two years of college at the ERAU extended campus in long beach and majoring in professional aeronautics. should i not major in aeronautics?

I am going to ERAU's distance learning which is $185 a credit hour. They are giving me 35 credits for my ratings for free plus tranfering 35 hours but 26 of them overlap with the 35 hours I get for my ratings... basically I don't know what part of the 26 hours will stick. So for me over 3 years it will cost a total of $15k. Not bad for a checkmark.