Question about the Montgomery GI Bill

[Selino631]

Can you use the GI Bill for Flying lessons? I am currently taking lessons but it is putting a real strain on us money wise, someone told me that the GI bill can be used towards Education (including flying). I was thinking of pausing the lessons until i finish start and finish training next year. I have taken a small break in the lessons before so i should keep my skills (thank you AH2!) I am starting ground school on monday and am not sure if i should just continue now ( I have 30+ hours, but i have not soloed yet) If i continue i would hope to be done by early July cause i leave for Basic Combat Training the 19th. what do you all think i should do?

[PFactorDave]

I might be wrong, but I'll bet you would have to be enrolled in a Proffesional Pilot program at an accredited college.   But if your interests lie in that direction, it would be worth exploring. 

Except for that fact that new proffesional pilots are very poorly paid (generally), and it takes years and years to build enough pilot in command time to get a good job as a pilot...  It's really kind of sad.

[Strip]

Yep...Golfer will give you the run down on that fairly well.

Anyone looking at becoming a pilot should look at aerospace engineering, one of the highest paid four year degrees.

Once you get your degree and the cash flow starts get your PPL, use it to farther your position in engineering.

Strip

[Selino631]

What my plans are is to do Airborne Infantry for the 3 years of active duty in my contract then in my 4 years reserve (unless i choose to go active again) i plan on going to Warrent Officer school and try to land a job as a Army Aviator. I am just working on my Private Pilots license for fun now. I was hoping it would carry over and help me get a job as a pilot in the army.

So you dont think the GI Bill can be used to continue lessons if i stop now then pick up around this time next year?

[PFactorDave]

Anyone looking at becoming a pilot should look at aerospace engineering, one of the highest paid four year degrees.

Really?  That's kind of depressing to hear...  I started AE classes at Parks College of St Louis University in 1988...  When I started, the average starting salary of an AE graduate was about 42k per year...  In 1992, when I finished school (because of the administration change, and the end of the first Gulf War) lay offs were rampant in the industry and AE graduates were lucky to be getting a 22k starting salary.

It was so bad that I never pursued a career in my field.

Has it really turned around now?

[Strip]

All of the engineering fields are starting to takeoff, AE is around $55,000 to start if your willing to relocate to a hotspot. In engineering its third, only Mech Eng (57k) and Chem (65k) are above it in average starting salary. This is of course graduating with good grades from a good AE school like Embry Riddle or UCF.

Strip

[PFactorDave]

All of the engineering fields are starting to takeoff, AE is around $55,000 to start if your willing to relocate to a hotspot. In engineering its third, only Mech Eng (57k) and Chem (65k) are above it in average starting salary. This is of course graduating with good grades from a good AE school like Embry Riddle or UCF.

It's funny to me that Embry Riddle is considered a good school now.  When I was a Senior in high school looking for a college, Embry Riddle was considered a stoner school and I believe it even lost its accreditation for a year or two in the late 80's...  Go figure.

[Strip]

It's funny to me that Embry Riddle is considered a good school now.  When I was a Senior in high school looking for a college, Embry Riddle was considered a stoner school and I believe it even lost its accreditation for a year or two in the late 80's...  Go figure.

Hahaha....

That is surprising, its been top ranked by some institutions in the past few years....

[USRanger]

Just remember, the only aircraft the Army flies are helos.

[Selino631]

ok but does anybody know if i can use the GI Bill for flying lessons?

[rabbidrabbit]

Just remember, the only aircraft the Army flies are helos.

incorrect

[bj229r]

Can you use the GI Bill for Flying lessons? I am currently taking lessons but it is putting a real strain on us money wise, someone told me that the GI bill can be used towards Education (including flying). I was thinking of pausing the lessons until i finish start and finish training next year. I have taken a small break in the lessons before so i should keep my skills (thank you AH2!) I am starting ground school on monday and am not sure if i should just continue now ( I have 30+ hours, but i have not soloed yet) If i continue i would hope to be done by early July cause i leave for Basic Combat Training the 19th. what do you all think i should do?

My big brother did just that in the late 70's, before he died in an unrelated accident

[USRanger]

incorrect

Such as?

[rabbidrabbit]

C-12 Huron (Beechcraft Raytheon B200 Super King Air)
RC-12 - military intelligence variant
UC-35 - (Cessna Citation Ultra)
Gulfstream GIV- Used by the Army Chief of Staff from Andrews AFB, and flown by Army Aviators.
RC-7s - Dash 7 - as previously stated, an MI platform used in Texas and Korea and parts unknown.
C-23 Sherpa

[USRanger]

And how many of those are flown by Warrant Officers, as the OP said he intends on pursuing?  I guess I should have specified general army aviation=helos.