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DE727UPS · February 27th, 2003, 23:10

I did two years at a community college and did my training at the local flight school. Was able to transfer to Riddle after that and finish up only taking one flight course at Riddle (CFII). Doubt you can do it that way anymore as Riddle realized they can make more money off of you if they train you from day one. Riddle will say they want to train you from scratch to insure quality of training...they really just want your money. As I've mentioned before...a non aviation degree in something your interested in is best. If you can't come up with anything else...look into the flight program at Metro State University in Denver. Great town and they let you do your training at your choice of approved private flight schools....this keeps your flying costs down. I consider my degree from Riddle a big mistake but I've been where you are. It's hard to resist the fancy brochures and cool web sites. Only get a degree in aviation if you can't come up with something better and only go to Riddle if you have money to burn.

February 27th, 2003, 23:10	#8
DE727UPS Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 6,514	Re: One last college aviation ? I did two years at a community college and did my training at the local flight school. Was able to transfer to Riddle after that and finish up only taking one flight course at Riddle (CFII). Doubt you can do it that way anymore as Riddle realized they can make more money off of you if they train you from day one. Riddle will say they want to train you from scratch to insure quality of training...they really just want your money. As I've mentioned before...a non aviation degree in something your interested in is best. If you can't come up with anything else...look into the flight program at Metro State University in Denver. Great town and they let you do your training at your choice of approved private flight schools....this keeps your flying costs down. I consider my degree from Riddle a big mistake but I've been where you are. It's hard to resist the fancy brochures and cool web sites. Only get a degree in aviation if you can't come up with something better and only go to Riddle if you have money to burn.