Transfer out of Riddle?

[pilotyip]

No degree required

No degree required, if you want to fly airplanes, fly airplanes, and get your degree on the side while you are building flight time you can not miss. The value of an unused degree is highly over rated. 50 year old unemployed airline pilots are not eagerly greeted in any industry that I know of, even having a college degree. Of course they did not apply for many of the "College degree preferred jobs" such as apt manager, telephone direct sales, plumping floor manager at Home Depot, etc. If you get a college degree you have to use the knowledge gained in college to develop a career or the degree is basically useless. After getting a degree, flying an airplane is not a knowledge expanding experience; it is skill development experience. Anyone care to chime in and share their experiences on entering the non-aviation job market after being out of college 20-30 years?

 

[Goose Egg]

...get your degreeon the side while you are building flight time you can not miss.

Did I just notice a crack in the facade?

-Goose

 

[CaSyndrm]

I've never met a ER graduate that was a good pilot. But, they can really tell you what the books say.

 

[mike1mc]

I've never met a ER graduate that was a good pilot. But, they can really tell you what the books say.

I can almost agree with that. The instructors (at least while I was there), were absolutely horrible. I lucked out and got a great instructor with a LOT of real world knowledge. I did my Comm and Inst at ER, and everything else off campus. It was much cheaper. The academics are fantastic, but they have a lot of work to do with that so-called "flight department".

As far as Daytona... its a scummy little hole that provided the best 4 years of my life. Its true that most Riddle students wouldn't know a good time if it was sitting on their face. Sounds like you need to suck it up and drive to Stetson more (just don't mention that you go to Riddle). BTW - The DX parties were always MUCH better

 

[JB74]

If you have been a resident of FL for over a year, check out UCF's satellite campus over at DBCC. You will save a ton of money being in-state and you can still fly/instruct in the area.

I too went to Riddle in DAB and if you are not getting laid, you just aren't trying hard enough. Mike1mc is right, DON'T mention you go to Riddle and you are in!

 

[oupilot00]

Get away from erau they have very bad vibes. Not only do you get to fly a whopping hour a week(if your lucky) but have to put up with all the arrogant attitudes! I would love the weather but thats not what its about. Try looking into a flight school in the middle of the country. I am training at Univ of Oklahoma and will have 250 flt hours at a fraction of the cost of erau but also a BA in science. (minor in Business) All this is costing less than your flight lessons+ground and I have the name of OU on my 4 yr degree.

 

[mgg20]

I agree with pretty much eveything here, I'd advise to steer clear of that place, go to a state school, the only people who think Riddle is so great are the ones who never went there. The campus life there is one notch above the Evansville school for the deaf and blind. The best story I heard was a kid was on a solo at Fort Myers and asked the tower what the pq was. If you want to be a 172 captain then stay at Riddle. Oh yeah, I lived at 538 S Ridgewood, and the best parties were definityl there.

 

[Hobit]

Holly flame bait!!!


no un-truths here though.

I wish I had more fun and didn't worry about the stupid 'riddle run around'

my fave complaint was the flight sched. that came out after 5 pm today for tomorrow.....

that screwed up running to Palm Beach, P'cola, Jax, anywhere because you never knew if you were gonna fly on Sat or Sun.... that sucked!!!!!

As far as 'tudes... they are everywhere in aviation
can't understand why

 

[qmaster3]

I'm gonna open a gay bar next to ERAU. Then you gals will have more fun!

 

[Hobit]

Hmm.... A Navy guy talkin' bout homo bars .... too easy

HA!!!