I have a soon to be 16yo son who has just decided he wants to be a commercial pilot. We have begun researching the ways to go about this.
There seem to be pros and cons to military versus non-military. The biggest risk to the military route is that you could enter hoping to get accepted to flight school, and never even get in. Then you would be committed to your time in the service. This son has often thought about going into the service, and I believe that the military would be a good personality match. Also, from what I read, if he wants to fly in the military he needs to enter with his college degree already. If he went non-military a college degreed school, even if it is an associates seems to be the better way to go, as you will be able to apply for financial aid. Some of the better looking aviatiion four year schools seem extremely pricey, so depending on what he qualifies for, to do this he may need to do a community college for two years. The plus to the military is that you leave with tons of hours and are immediately qualified to fly commuter jets.
Next question, he wants to start working on his small plane license now. Does anybody know of organizations that work with teens on this. Does anybody have any suggestions on the least expensive way to do this.
This son has been fairly aimless in his education since starting high school. I am thrilled that he finally found something he is interested in. I would really like to encourage him.
Does anybody have any tips for speaking to a recruiter about this. I want to feel that my son is hearing the absolute truth, not a sales pitch. I would rather hear the good and bad, then to only be told the good and not necessarily always the truth.
There seem to be pros and cons to military versus non-military. The biggest risk to the military route is that you could enter hoping to get accepted to flight school, and never even get in. Then you would be committed to your time in the service. This son has often thought about going into the service, and I believe that the military would be a good personality match. Also, from what I read, if he wants to fly in the military he needs to enter with his college degree already. If he went non-military a college degreed school, even if it is an associates seems to be the better way to go, as you will be able to apply for financial aid. Some of the better looking aviatiion four year schools seem extremely pricey, so depending on what he qualifies for, to do this he may need to do a community college for two years. The plus to the military is that you leave with tons of hours and are immediately qualified to fly commuter jets.
Next question, he wants to start working on his small plane license now. Does anybody know of organizations that work with teens on this. Does anybody have any suggestions on the least expensive way to do this.
This son has been fairly aimless in his education since starting high school. I am thrilled that he finally found something he is interested in. I would really like to encourage him.
Does anybody have any tips for speaking to a recruiter about this. I want to feel that my son is hearing the absolute truth, not a sales pitch. I would rather hear the good and bad, then to only be told the good and not necessarily always the truth.
