Who Is Going Or Will Be Going To Embry Riddle

[J.C.Airborne]

I can't speak for anyone else, but we have fairly decent sims here at UND. Sure they are a bit touchy, but it makes you all the better at flying. The idea is if you can fly it in the sim, you can fly it in the plane. Remember, time in the sim counts toward some time towards the rating, and its cheaper than being in a plane.

actually no, when calculating TT you cant use those sim flights. thats why in the log books they have another columm for sim flights.

 

[HAZ-MAT]

actually no, when calculating TT you cant use those sim flights. thats why in the log books they have another columm for sim flights.

That is a false statement... I'm not going to look it up in the Regs or anything, but I know what you said is untrue.
I believe its something like 20 hours can be used towards your instrument rating.

 

[gkrangers]

That is a false statement... I'm not going to look it up in the Regs or anything, but I know what you said is untrue.
I believe its something like 20 hours can be used towards your instrument rating.

15 I think, but I'm too lazy to look it up too.

 

[jws717]

To anyone considering ERAU, go to a community college the first 2 years, save tons of $$$ for your flying. And if you think ERAU is the only place to learn how to fly, Broward Community College students have taken top pilot from ERAU two years in a row at the NIFA regional safecon. (it wasent the same guy 2x.) They wont tell you that when they toot their flight team on the tour. The ERAU extended campuses are also one of the best kept secrets. Flight instruct by day go to school at night, and you will be a graduate by 21 with the time and degree to get a good job (RJ or corp). With 1/2 the debt or better scholarship money left over! plus no anoying rayban dorks!!!

 

[landlover]

i think it is 15 for the IFR and 50 for the comm certificate.

Thing about sims(frasca142..etc..), usually are more sensitive than a real airplane intentionally. Thus making your scan stronger once you get in a a real airplane in real IMC.

 

[HAZ-MAT]

Thus making your scan stronger once you get in a a real airplane in real IMC.

Thus making you have the masturbation grip on the yoke making the flight instructor want to puke... :beer:

 

[VNugget]

The #1 reason why I have never taken one flight on campus. I cannot put up with the flight department BS...so little actual flying..so much sim crap. I'm not going to practice steep turns and slowflight in a 172 simulator! Even cross countries!! They are nucking futs!

Wait what, are you serious?

That's like "practicing" f*cking your girlfriend by watching scrambled porn... in a bodycast.

Oh well, at least your aviation program has flying airplanes... something I can't claim.

 

[MKaprocki]

From the perspective of a worthless Aero Sci student:

I know 1 or 2 of the typical ERAU "dorks" that cause the whole reputation. 99% of the AS students I know are normal students and dislike the dorks as much as everyone here. I don't pretend to be god's gift to aviation, and neither do the other students or instructors.

I can't comment about the newest syllabus, but in my 4 years here I have a total of 18 hours of sim time. 13 of that is from Stage 1 of instrument training. All of stage 1 was in the sim to give the student a basic understanding of the scan. The rest is from 4 flights during multi training. While not the most real sims, I do see the benefit during the training. It's not like half of the time is in sims.

Is Aero Sci (Proffssional Pilot) the best choice for a major? Of course not. But I am happy with the training I have received, from both the flight department and the normal classes.

I grew up in the Daytona/Orlando area. Not the most exciting place in the world, but it's home to me.


Bottom line:
I'm extremely happy with the training I've received, both as a pilot and a college student. I feel ready to enter the working world well prepared. Is it the best school in the world? Of course not. Is a pilot degree the best idea? Again, nope. But I'm happy with Riddle. It's not as bad as most people here make it out to be.

 

[MFRskyknight]

Listen, unless mommy and daddy are footing the bill for college...go to UND...its loads cheaper and youll meet alot more women...

They have women in North Dakota?

 

[Alex429595]

It's worth every penny if you can stay employed as a pilot until you retire. If a medical or furlough situation is in your future, that degree will become worthless.

I don't think we are thinking on the same page here. I do not consider my college degree to be specific job training at all. My mother majored in semiotics at Brown, and then got a degree in accounting from Bryant and is now a CPA. Does that make her degree in semiotics worthless? I think of a college degree as four years of learning how to learn, and learning how to be an adult. Learning how to get up on time, make appointments, and learning how to stick to commitments. Choosing a specific major, for me anyhow, just makes the process more interesting to my brain. If, at the end of these four years, I decide to become certified in real esate, and do not pursue a career as a commercial pilot, I will not feel as if I have chosen the wrong major at all. Its important to go to college. People put WAY too much emphasis on the exact major.