Points taken. In response:
-Yes the USAF will no longer be using ERAU. However, as of 2005, ERAU has been training Jetblue's sim instructors; a nice link to the industry.
-Obviously you won't have as many girls at a 5,000 student technical school as you will at a 50,000 'everything' school. But it has gotten better. And if you don't mind 3 months of spring break with a cheer week that brings in cheerleaders from all over the country for an entire week, then Daytona is the place for you.
-The thought of majoring in something other than aeronautical science [flight/professional pilot] is a great one. You can do whatever you want here, even human factors or communications, and still fly and get all your ratings. However, many of the minimum hour requirements at airlines and internship opportunities, etc. will not apply if you are not in the AS program.
-About not flying the first two years, again I don't know where this came from. On average, the first two years are getting you from zero to private/multi instrument. Of course, some do more and some do less but on average that's how it goes. That's decent flying time, I think.
-As for ERAU grads being miserable, well that's not the school's doing, that's each individual. If you want to graduate with tons of loans and bitch and whine, that's your problem. If you want to graduate and work hard and pay those off and get to where you want to be, that's fine too. Some just don't realize how hard they have to work and it's easier to just blame the school for their lack of success.
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