The people that have $150k in debt are the ones who are too impatient to go about it the "other" way. I'm currently in law school, but I have about 1000hrs of flight time, a Flight Instructor rating, and enough experience to make me marketable to an airline. I have no debt from my flight training, and my parents didn't pay for it. I started flying when I was 16, paid for my ratings as I got them. Once I got my CFI, I taught people how to fly while I built up my hours. I got paid fairly well to do it, and did other flying jobs on the side. Going to Embry-Riddle on loans is probably worse than going to Cooley law school. The average first officer at an entry-level airline makes less than $20k/year to start. I decided against flying for a living and decided to go to law school.
The people that have $150k in debt are the ones who are too impatient to go about it the "other" way. I'm currently in law school, but I have about 1000hrs of flight time, a Flight Instructor rating, and enough experience to make me marketable to an airline. I have no debt from my flight training, and my parents didn't pay for it. I started flying when I was 16, paid for my ratings as I got them. Once I got my CFI, I taught people how to fly while I built up my hours. I got paid fairly well to do it, and did other flying jobs on the side. Going to Embry-Riddle on loans is probably worse than going to Cooley law school. The average first officer at an entry-level airline makes less than $20k/year to start. I decided against flying for a living and decided to go to law school.