Embry Riddle CAPT Program---Anyone know about this???

[Clyde]

The other optionn is to join the military. Very competitive, but well worth it if you can get in.



I am actually currently in the military and trying to go to the aviation side with them. But in order to do that, because it is so competitive, I want to get at least PPL in civilian world. I do not have much time left in the Army, so I figured that would be a great way to build time and transition to the Airlines when I got out.

Not sure if a PPL would make a difference or not. It would definitely give you the advantage of having flown an airplane before, but from what I've been told they treat you like you know nothing and start you from scratch. During the selection process, I don't think that would necessarily give you a leg up.

Are you trying to get into the Army side of flying? Also, have you checked out the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserves? Just my thoughts, but if I had to do it over again, I would have done the Reserves.

 

[SDCFI]

For all those who bag on the cost of going to Riddle, I went to the USC website and it estimates 30,000 a Year just for tuition. That's 120,000 for 4 years. Is this a waste of money too? You don't have to major in Aero Science at Riddle, just off the website I counted 22 BS degrees and 8 Masters programs. I'm sure some of these would transfer to other careers. The price for flight training (aside from the CRAP, I mean CAPT program) is on par with FSI, UND, and the other training academies. If you really want to go to Riddle, I would go to a JC and get your gen ed all done. Get your certs/ratings at your local FBO, then go to ERAU and take the degree-specific courses. It'll cost you half as much and you'll still get a degree that says Embry-Riddle on it. Don't go there to try and get ahead, go there to take classes that you enjoy with people who share the same interests and career goals as you.

Yes, I went to ERAU...No I don't reget it...And I certainly don't think I'm better than anyone else.

 

[j-bird]

CBORSTEIN,
I dont know anything about embry riddle but you might want to check out ATPs website. Maybe they will benefit you better.

 

[Clyde]

For all those who bag on the cost of going to Riddle, I went to the USC website and it estimates 30,000 a Year just for tuition. That's 120,000 for 4 years. Is this a waste of money too? You don't have to major in Aero Science at Riddle, just off the website I counted 22 BS degrees and 8 Masters programs. I'm sure some of these would transfer to other careers. The price for flight training (aside from the CRAP, I mean CAPT program) is on par with FSI, UND, and the other training academies. If you really want to go to Riddle, I would go to a JC and get your gen ed all done. Get your certs/ratings at your local FBO, then go to ERAU and take the degree-specific courses. It'll cost you half as much and you'll still get a degree that says Embry-Riddle on it. Don't go there to try and get ahead, go there to take classes that you enjoy with people who share the same interests and career goals as you.

Yes, I went to ERAU...No I don't reget it...And I certainly don't think I'm better than anyone else.

Which is recognized more outside of aviation? USC or Embry-Riddle? More people (and employers) are going to recognize USC or any other real college. Why get an Electrical Engineering degree from an aeronautical university? If I were going to spend $120,000 on a degree, I would sure as heck rather go to USC than ERAU.

I attended ERAU for one semester. It took less than that time to realize what a joke that school is. Professors were lousy, my academic advisor needed a drug test, and nobody outside of aviation recognized it. The only thing I learned from my academic advisor was that he was deaf from flying lears. When I told him I was disappointed in ERAU and thought that going there would help me get to an airline, his response was "the airlines won't hire you". Well, if only that fat worthless turd could see me now!!

Not bashing the students or alumni by any means, but I don't have anything good to say about the school's educational ability. I've seen circuses run better than ERAU.

 

[Rhoid]

The only thing I learned from my academic advisor was that he was deaf from flying lears. When I told him I was disappointed in ERAU and thought that going there would help me get to an airline, his response was "the airlines won't hire you". Well, if only that fat worthless turd could see me now!!

Where are you now? probably at some bottom feeder commuter!!! If you stayed at Riddle you would be at a major by now, not a commuter lifer!!!!

 

[tom1178]

Where are you now? probably at some bottom feeder commuter!!! If you stayed at Riddle you would be at a major by now, not a commuter lifer!!!!

If you look to the left side of the page under his name I do believe it answers those questions for you.

..........I'd have to agree with SDCFI, That's basically what I did, went to a comm college for two years, saved me over $30,000.

 

["TheBigPicture"]

Yup, if I had to do it all over again. I would do the Gen ED. thing off campust along with Flight Training and then finish up with the concentration for the last two years.....woulda been a lot cheaper that way.

Well put post SDCFI

 

[freightdogfred]

Where are you now? probably at some bottom feeder commuter!!! If you stayed at Riddle you would be at a major by now, not a commuter lifer!!!!

Flaming your new buddy Clyde, the one yer begging for a rec to UPS from...

Kid, yer not very bright.....

 

[bobbysamd]

College flight programs

You go to Embry Riddle because you know it's a respected school in the industry, and it carries a certain amount of weight. Thats it... not because they told you it's the best or because you're a dumbass and think you'll be flying something with "heavy" in the call sign within 4 years... but it IS a good education, regardless of what guys like Clyde say. If the school didn't turn out a good product, companies wouldn't hire grads, and the school wouldn't be growing as fast as it is.

I instructed at ERAU-Prescott from late 1988-'mid 1991. The education provided the kids always impressed me. To me, that was reason enough to go to ERAU - though I feel our flight line did a great job teaching our students to fly and equipping them with a solid foundation.

The background given college flight students is a primary reason why I like an aviation degree. To prove that I don't have a Riddle bias only, I also instructed at MAPD, in which students earn a two-year degree from San Juan College. MAPD was not as gold-plated, or expensive, as ERAU, but MAPD students also leave with an excellent educational foundation.

I would bet the same is true for Purdue and UND, etc. I flew with a Southeast Oklahoma State U. grad. She had not flown for several years, but it was clear to me from the beginning that she had received good training.

Last but not least, college flight programs offer internships, which could lead to jobs one day. I don't know if non-Aeronautical Science majors are eligible for the same internships available to flight students.

Once more, it bothers me that a place such as ERAU would stoop so low as to offer quasi-P-F-T.

 

[Goose Egg]

Not all flying is supposed to be fun... it's business. There's nothing fun about shooting partial panel approaches, simulating emergencies, and shooting approches to mins with the fuel light staring you in the face...

That being said, every time I step out of my gear soaked in sweat, and beat to hell, I'm always ready to go out and get back at it again. Not that their arn't joys in flying and fun flights... there's still a job to get done.

I have actually been thinking about this a lot lately. It was sort of a weird transition for me to start doing a lot of instructing. Until then, I'd always done my instructing on the side "for fun." I had loved flying and airplanes as long as I could remember, and I had always looked at aviation that was something that I ultimately did for enjoyment, not to accomplish something--even though I had intentions to make flying a career from beginning. Somehow I thought it would be a career of "play."

So when I looked at flight instructing as a fun hobby that I was getting paid for, it really kind of sucked--I was putting to much work and emotional energy into something that I was in for kicks and giggles, and I was getting pretty stressed out.

Then one day it just sort of dawned on me that this was no longer a hobby, but a job--work, not play. I realized that I needed to leave my frustrations at the airport, and get a life outside of airplanes. Once I did this, I started absolutely loving flight instructing, and I have been having a blast ever since. Flying is a demanding and depressing hobby, but it is absolutely the best job in the world. I just had to change my view of flying from play to work.

A little off topic, but since it came up...

-Goose