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Originally Posted by azpilot84  Military takes longer but essentially $0 debt for flight training just the cost of schools which is recovered through GI Bill.
His dream was to be a fighter pilot, my dream was to be any kind of pilot. I went the civil route and I have a good friend who just got a pilot slot in the USAF. Sometimes when I have to pay my bills I think..."Maybe the military route might have been better..." |
Although you don't pay out of pocket for USAF flight training, it's not at all "free".
In fact, the joke goes that you pay for your "million dollar" training "one nickel at a time, shoved up your @ss."
If you count all the intangibles, like the 10-year training contract and the fact that you can't say 'no' when you bid a bad schedule, it is far from free.