VA question

bullmastiff · May 7th, 2006, 16:02

A buddy of mine who is currently deployed wanted me to ask some ??'s on the Ari Ben VA course. Does everything get paid up front? I beleive he has the funds to cover his 40%, however he is unaware if he has to initially put up the portion the VA covers. Can the payment be split. Also, wanted me to ask about the nightlife on the weekends lol

QCInspectorCFII · May 7th, 2006, 17:35

hey Bullmastiff,

I've used VA bennies before for my flight training. How it works is that your friend would have to come up with the 100% portion of the training cost. At the end of the month the school will send the VA a certification letter stating the type of aircraft flown, hours, rates and total cost for that period....Once the VA processes the information they will then send your buddy a check covering the 60% portion. Example lets say his cost for that month is $10,000...VA will then send the $6000 once the paper work is processed. Let him know that being new to the system it may take a month or two before he recieves his first check, after that then he should get his payments between the 3rd and the 6th of every month..also let him know he should sign up for direct deposit to have money deposited directing into a checking account.....Now as for split payments that would have to be something that is personally worked out with him and the flight school. That shoulnt have any bearing on VA payments.

bullmastiff · May 7th, 2006, 17:48

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Originally Posted by QCInspectorCFII

hey Bullmastiff,

I've used VA bennies before for my flight training. How it works is that your friend would have to come up with the 100% portion of the training cost. At the end of the month the school will send the VA a certification letter stating the type of aircraft flown, hours, rates and total cost for that period....Once the VA processes the information they will then send your buddy a check covering the 60% portion. Example lets say his cost for that month is $10,000...VA will then send the $6000 once the paper work is processed. Let him know that being new to the system it may take a month or two before he recieves his first check, after that then he should get his payments between the 3rd and the 6th of every month..also let him know he should sign up for direct deposit to have money deposited directing into a checking account.....Now as for split payments that would have to be something that is personally worked out with him and the flight school. That shoulnt have any bearing on VA payments.

Thanks!! I think he will be ok as long as ari ben doesnt require the whole 30 grand up front, and can instead do it in monthly payments! Thanks for the words

maverick2 · May 8th, 2006, 18:23

I paid for my training all up front to Mike Cohen and then the VA sent what they owed a month after submitting your monthly verification of flight training. PM me if you have any more questions about the VA

hattrick · May 8th, 2006, 18:54

im not extremely familiar with the VA stuff but i do know that they dont require the entire lump sum of money up front as long as you retain a positive balance

maverick2 · May 8th, 2006, 19:16

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Originally Posted by hattrick

im not extremely familiar with the VA stuff but i do know that they dont require the entire lump sum of money up front as long as you retain a positive balance

No they dont need the whole lump sum, but I just do it to get it out of the way and off the no fly list. Just don't forget to add money on or TJ will be on you like white on rice.

bullmastiff · May 8th, 2006, 22:35

Mav,

PM on your way

May 7th, 2006, 16:02	#1
bullmastiff Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hockey Town, MI,USA Posts: 839	VA question A buddy of mine who is currently deployed wanted me to ask some ??'s on the Ari Ben VA course. Does everything get paid up front? I beleive he has the funds to cover his 40%, however he is unaware if he has to initially put up the portion the VA covers. Can the payment be split. Also, wanted me to ask about the nightlife on the weekends lol __________________ LIons Den submission fighter "I am not gonna be punked, or pushed around" Ken Shamrock 2003 "...A pilot may earn his full pay for that year in less than two minutes. At the time of incident he would gladly return the entire amount for the privilege of being elsewhere." -"Fate is the Hunter" Ernest K. Gann "Dude...I think she likes me... See the way she just took your dollar, but she like stared me in the eye and really took my $5 bill slowly? Hey, do you think I should ask her to come along on our dual cross country next weekend?" ----Doug's former student “In sports, we have a tendency to overuse terms like ‘courage’ and ‘bravery’ and ‘heroes,’ and then someone like Pat Tillman comes along and reminds us what those terms really mean.” — Arizona Cardinals VP Michael Bidwill

May 7th, 2006, 17:35	#2
QCInspectorCFII Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 20	Re: VA question hey Bullmastiff, I've used VA bennies before for my flight training. How it works is that your friend would have to come up with the 100% portion of the training cost. At the end of the month the school will send the VA a certification letter stating the type of aircraft flown, hours, rates and total cost for that period....Once the VA processes the information they will then send your buddy a check covering the 60% portion. Example lets say his cost for that month is $10,000...VA will then send the $6000 once the paper work is processed. Let him know that being new to the system it may take a month or two before he recieves his first check, after that then he should get his payments between the 3rd and the 6th of every month..also let him know he should sign up for direct deposit to have money deposited directing into a checking account.....Now as for split payments that would have to be something that is personally worked out with him and the flight school. That shoulnt have any bearing on VA payments. __________________ "Nothing in the world is more dangerous then sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

May 8th, 2006, 18:23	#4
maverick2 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: LAX Posts: 203	Re: VA question I paid for my training all up front to Mike Cohen and then the VA sent what they owed a month after submitting your monthly verification of flight training. PM me if you have any more questions about the VA

May 8th, 2006, 18:54	#5
hattrick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: farther north than the rest of you Posts: 317	Re: VA question im not extremely familiar with the VA stuff but i do know that they dont require the entire lump sum of money up front as long as you retain a positive balance __________________ from a student following a rather rough, well for lack of a better term landing: "but when i crash its on centerline."

May 8th, 2006, 22:35	#7
bullmastiff Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hockey Town, MI,USA Posts: 839	Re: VA question Mav, PM on your way __________________ LIons Den submission fighter "I am not gonna be punked, or pushed around" Ken Shamrock 2003 "...A pilot may earn his full pay for that year in less than two minutes. At the time of incident he would gladly return the entire amount for the privilege of being elsewhere." -"Fate is the Hunter" Ernest K. Gann "Dude...I think she likes me... See the way she just took your dollar, but she like stared me in the eye and really took my $5 bill slowly? Hey, do you think I should ask her to come along on our dual cross country next weekend?" ----Doug's former student “In sports, we have a tendency to overuse terms like ‘courage’ and ‘bravery’ and ‘heroes,’ and then someone like Pat Tillman comes along and reminds us what those terms really mean.” — Arizona Cardinals VP Michael Bidwill

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