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Here's my thoughts on this...
Instead of doing Jet training at ERAU.... have the students do ALL training after their Private in the twin (Duchess, Seminole, C-340, etc...)... The added cost of this would probably equate to what the jet course would cost anyhow...
Students would then graduate Riddle with over 125 hours of multi-time (over the magic 100 hours a lot of insurance companies require for flying twins). I think this emphasis on multi training would be of much greater and practical value to the students.
Odds are a Riddle student isn't going to be going right into a jet or even a turbo-prop right after graduation.... But they will probably be a CFI and have the opportunity to try and get some twin time... They probably won't fly a jet until a couple years down the road... by that time they will need to be retrained anyhow (my thoughts are the same about the 727 sim time they sell).... So in essence, their jet training was a waste of money...
Spend their money on the twin time, it would be more valuable in their early career as they get started in the industry.... Also change the ciriculum to have students go from Private all the way through CFI, CFI-I & CFI-ME as part of the Bachelor of Aeronautical Science Program.... These are more valuable right out of school....
Later down the road, your employers will pay for your jet training and type ratings.... I haven't paid a penny for training or to fly since I left Riddle back in '90....
Just my $0.02 for whatever it is worth!
Good Luck!
Instead of doing Jet training at ERAU.... have the students do ALL training after their Private in the twin (Duchess, Seminole, C-340, etc...)... The added cost of this would probably equate to what the jet course would cost anyhow...
Students would then graduate Riddle with over 125 hours of multi-time (over the magic 100 hours a lot of insurance companies require for flying twins). I think this emphasis on multi training would be of much greater and practical value to the students.
Odds are a Riddle student isn't going to be going right into a jet or even a turbo-prop right after graduation.... But they will probably be a CFI and have the opportunity to try and get some twin time... They probably won't fly a jet until a couple years down the road... by that time they will need to be retrained anyhow (my thoughts are the same about the 727 sim time they sell).... So in essence, their jet training was a waste of money...
Spend their money on the twin time, it would be more valuable in their early career as they get started in the industry.... Also change the ciriculum to have students go from Private all the way through CFI, CFI-I & CFI-ME as part of the Bachelor of Aeronautical Science Program.... These are more valuable right out of school....
Later down the road, your employers will pay for your jet training and type ratings.... I haven't paid a penny for training or to fly since I left Riddle back in '90....
Just my $0.02 for whatever it is worth!
Good Luck!
