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Old January 9th, 2008, 17:56   #6
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Default Re: Explaining Aviation to parents.

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Originally Posted by PGT View Post
In today's world hours count for everything.

Having said that, you won't get very far without a 4-year college degree.

Now best thing would be to go to a college with a flight program, University of North Dakota for example, get a degree in business or whatever and do flight training on the side. You will graduate with all your ratings and a 4-year degree. A lot of people are against getting a degree in aviation because if you lose your medical x years down the road, what are you going to do? so get a degree in something you like.
That is exactly what I told her. Also we are looking at some flight schools and she was wondering if you could look up a flight schools complaints and instructor complaints. She is a nurse and she was like, if you can do that with doctors why not flight instructors and schools. I told her that flight schools are mostly regulated by the BBB and that I didnt think that you could view instructor complaints.
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