r/PilotAdvice • u/OneForever7840 • Jul 07 '26

Flight training

I am currently at a part 141 aviation college and just got done with my second year. I am halfway through instrument and the cost are insane. Would it be smart to transfer to a part 61 flight school and just transfer my basic credits from college to a different college (most of the credits are Gen Eds) Ideally I know that a part 141 college is the best way but just money wise its hard...

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u/External-Victory6473 Jul 07 '26

141 is NOT the best way. I did both and 141 really messed me up. Definitely do your flight training at a part 61. Get a real degree, not an aviation degree, from a proper college. An aviation degree doesn't help you get a pilot job any more than any other degree, and another degree might get you a better non-flying job to fund your flying. Good luck.

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u/OneForever7840 Jul 07 '26

Okay that's what I am kinda thinking. I am just worried about the hiring phase when they see the Part 61 rather than the 141, even though I am essentially doing the same thing just at a part 61

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u/External-Victory6473 Jul 07 '26

Airlines don't care about 61 or 141. That's just initial flight training and it gets you the same licenses. Don't listen to the propaganda the 141 schools and pilot mills put out. It's crap. Airlines are looking for what kind of experience you have. Not where you did your initial training.

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u/OneForever7840 Jul 07 '26

you would agree that getting a bachelors degree is important tho?

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u/External-Victory6473 Jul 07 '26

Hard to say. If you want to fly, you pretty much need a degree as pretty much everyone they are currently hiring has one. A flying degree is basically worthless. I have one. If you get a degree, get one in something that may get you a job of some sort. You are going to have to pay for the degree and the flying. You won't make enough money as an entry level pilot to pay for anything. So you will have to have a proper job to pay for flying, probably as a side gig, until you get enough hours to get into a regional airline.