How to get back in to flying?

[Clyde]

It's been a few years since I've taken lessons. I was close to getting my private lessons when I stopped and moved for reasons best left unsaid. Now I want to get back into things. I was accepted to ERAU-Prescott. Can anybody give me some pointers as to how to get started and get a leg up? Any books I can study?

Yves,
For starters I would not even consider ERAU. You are going to spend way too much money for something you don't need.

If you pursue a degree, study something that interests you and, something that is marketable if flying does not work out for you.

Learn to fly at a flight school that you feel is safe, effective, reliable, and safe. It does not matter if it is collegiate, an academy, or an FBO. Just depends on how much money you want to spend.

 

[mayday1]

Mayday,

And I would hope it would be a NON-Aviation related degree. The 24/yr old could join the Military and in a Few yrs make some decent $$. There are a lot of degreed people in this world who are making less than I. They also will not be able to retire at 38 like I. OK, my ego is full now. A degree is the rule, but not NECECCARY for people to make $$ or Fly Airplanes. Assuming I had the TT, Ratings my resume would be sent in. Do you suggest I wait until I complete my degree to send it? Will the Military brothers at the interview forgive me that I don’t have a degree? Does the interviewer frown when he sees my 20/YR certificate? Does he get a wood when he sees your shiny ERAU (?) seal?

Feedback Please.

Get a degree in anything you want, including aviation.. it will be valued... more than not having one.

Although I'm not positive, I believe if you enter the military w/o a degree, you go in as an enlisted soldier, not an officer. Don't know how much $$ you make, but you'd make more with a degree : )

Sounds like you've done well for yourself, retiring at 38. Good for you. People can do very well w/o a degree... I think the point of these discussions is to highlight the value of education, and that without one, your options will be limited. This is a fact.

BTW, I didn't go to ERAU, I went to Notre Dame. And "Nececcary" is spelled "Necessary."

 

[qmaster3]

Point being that others have an option. Assuming it’s the good ole USA were talking about an E-5 can make more than a ND grad. Come interview time the education I received at the other end of the Anchor Chain from Bahrain to Marseille could be inferior to the impeccable schooling at N.D. Then again who's judging?

BTW, Kings English can be butchered, and "soldier" is spelled "sailor"

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