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Should you still go to college for aviation if you already got your private license in high school?

I am planning on going to a local part 91 flight school but wanted advice on how college process works for this career path.

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Wayne’s Answer

Kush - I would probably select a Part 141 flight school, as it will be more structured then just learning under a Part 61 flight school and may be cheaper for you. At various stages of your training in a Part 141 flight school you will have other instructors in the school evaluate your progress and provide feedback. Part 61 required hours for a Private Pilots License is 40 hours, for Part 141 required hours is 35. However in reality it will need somewhere around 65 to 70 flight hours.
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Roy’s Answer

While a college degree is not required, it may help in the future when aviation employers are looking for potential candidates. Check the hourly rates for the aircraft and instructors at Part 91 verses Part 141 if $$ are a factor in your decision. There are some benefits to both having a degree and going through a 141 program verses no degree and a 91 path. But at the end of the day, you can have a career as a professional pilot going either route. If you have to work full time and can earn your pilot licenses and certificates on the weekends/days off on a pay as you go plan at a 91 school, you could also consider taking some online courses and obtain a degree that way at your pace and whenever your finances would allow you to do that. You could consider a degree in something non-aviation and still become a professional pilot. Then you would have something to fall back on if flying didn't work out.
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Alexzandria’s Answer

It's all dependence upon what you want to do.You can definitely go to a part 141 aviation college.With a private pilot's license you would just start from instrument rating and go from there. Due to changes in the industry, a college degree is preferred. No longer required. It does make you a little bit more competiti. Did, but going to college and going into debt is a lot of money and a lot of heavy responsibility for no guarantee that it's gonna give you an edge over people who just go to a part 91 are part 61 flight school. I also went the college route because I just did not have the amount of money needed to do it out-of-pocket on my own. So I had to take out government loans if you have the money capability. in order to finish this rating. Without any bebt , then I would go for that. If you can most part 141 colleges, you have to do instrument. And they're own training from there. It may have changed from the time. I went to University back in 2018, but they were very strict on that. People who came in with their commercial or people who came in with all their ratings and just wants to be flight instructors they had a harder time, not that it was impossible, but they just had a harder time because the rating is synonymous with the degree. So
Sometimes the way the school is built. If you don't get in there from your instrument onward, you wouldn't get the degree anyway. But ultimately you have to make a decision based off of what you want out of life you can do either or and still get the outcome that you want.
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