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As a highschool graduate with some college experience. I played a professional sport for 10 years which is why i didnt finished the college degree. Do i really need to get the degree before becoming a commercial pilot ?

For United Aviate, if we entered through the partnered flight schools (not just the Aviate academy), experience-building (91/135 partners), organization or family programs, the requirement is 1200 PIC at the 135 or UAX partners. The 1600 PIC requirement applies when you opt into Aviate while at a UAX or as an incoming Direct Entry Captain wanting to flow to United.

Any advice for an international student planning on attending a 141 school?

This was very helpful. Thank you!

Thank you for this video Aaron! Still in my 1st career track currently, but I applied and got accepted to UND in order to pursue the PPL certificate, and flying for UAL is the goal down the road. Wiktor in Maryland.

This is one of the most helpful videos I ever seen in my aviation career, thanks so much!

Air Force!

Do these academies accept older students like in their 50’s?

What school/path would you recommend for someone looking to make a career change towards being a pilot in their 30/40s?

Can you give me a hint? If it were you, which would you go to: CAS, which offers United, Envoy, and Skywest pathways but would be difficult to train at due to weather, or UND Aerospace Foundation, which only has United pathway but has good weather? I don't want the answer, but I'm curious about your opinion.

So many triggered pilots without degrees. Of course, a degree doesn’t mean anything in regard to how well you fly an airplane, but do you realize all of our applications and resumes look very similar? Imposing a degree is just a way to weed out applicants. I personally do believe there is less risk with someone who has put in a lot of work for a degree that takes 4+ years to get. Achieving a great gpa AND completing flight school does speak volume.

I wouldn’t waive money on flight training, as by 2027 these aircraft are going to be flown by AI with no pilots.

What’s your opinion on South West Destination 225?

Omg thank you so much for this video. It is so informative and I love it. You have saved my life, because the delta propel was mad confusing. Although, I have a question. It appears that the Skyborn Flight academy seems the best option for me, but I saw that the atp flight school also offer the propel pipeline. Is that also a good option or is the Skyborn academy still the best for No special circumstances. Also is the Atp flight school similar to the Skyborn one? Thankkkkk you so much for this video, may god bless you ✨

My son grappled with this very issue. He's now at one of the R-ATP universities you mentioned in the video. Deep down, I think he knew that was best for him. But he would still sometimes "complain" that he could be going through his ratings a lot faster if he were still at the local flight school where he got his PPL before starting college. Just two days ago, however, he got a Qualified Job Offer from Delta (Propel) and will be going to their Indoctrination at World HQ in Atlanta next month. I'm no expert, but I don't think that door opens for him if he's still at the local flight school and not his R-ATP university.

All rather scammy and bureaucratic in my opinion. Clearly meant to take advantage of young folks that lack the life experience to properly judge the deal. They clearly just want to move to some janky ab-initio system like you find in third world countries.

Would an online degree do you any good like WGU ?

Just found your videos, i am loving it! You could maybe do one about how the promotion process works. From officer to Captain and from one airplane to another. Like if you are a Captain in an airplane then when you are promoted for another one you became an officer again? And make less?

Thanks for making these videos, they are very insightful and give me something to think about since i will be pursuing a career as a pilot. I wonder though, do these same stats apply to regional, charter, or corporate pilot? From my undertanding the money is obviously more at a legacy....but I've always been a glass half full kind of guy.

Don’t fly for UPS. Even with high seniority you’ll be worked to death. There are some guys who’ve been flying at UPS since they were 22-23 they have unbeatable seniority. You’ll be flying exclusively nights internationally in Asia and Europe for 10-15 years before you have enough seniority to switch to days. I’m not kidding. It’s crazy at UPS. Especially with the new contract

Crazy AA doesn’t have flight benifits for their cadet program. Correct me if I’m wrong but PSAs cadet program offer flight benifits on AA network to their cadets who hold at least a commercial from what I read. So the whole time you are time building you have flight benifits (although I don’t know what exactly that entails)

When does the application for Fall of 2025 for the United Aviate Academy in Arizona open?

After being made first officer, what is the minimum time and hours flight to become captain on each airline?

I would like to get some sort of backup degree (not in aviation), and for myself I don't want to take the big risk of an aviation degree, just for the chance to lose my medical not have a backup. In terms of getting a degree other than aviation, I'm considering an online computer science bachelor's degree, as that would allow me to simultaneously work on my degree and build flight time, not pausing my career just to get the degree. In your experience, how much do airlines care about where your degree came from (online vs. in-person) if the university in both cases is accredited? I've done some research and heard that it doesn't really matter, however I still have doubt and want to hear your perspective. Additionally, how much do airlines care about college GPA? I am a high-school senior and am near obtaining my PPL. I believe that I could achieve CFI by the time I turn 19, and then have 2 years of time building to be safely at the r-atp 1500 hr minimum by the time I turn 21, and with the importance of seniority, etc., I feel like getting an online degree would benefit me by not stopping me from being hired at a regional at 21 like an in-person one would (both cases not aviation degree). Is my reasoning accurate or is there something I'm not considering?

Does having EASA certification make a difference in recruitment processes, or is it not taken into consideration?

Does the school were your degree is received from matter? or whether your bachelors is attained thru an online course? Are regionals competitive enough to where a degree is essentially required also or is attaining your bachelors while at a regional a feasible plan aswell?

Good production value bro. esp for. small channel

you don’t mess up A-A ron say your name right anyway great video love it

Does Canada have any cadet programs?

@PilotPulseChannel I got one for ya.... where do you see the pendulum swing on the entry for any of these programs for those that already have a PPL? I like your phrasing of the "embryonic stage of training".... this makes sense to me as a grooming and farm system component to their recruiting. But I see two prongs to this that could serve as caution signs for a given student: In some cases they're not going to take a look at you unless you've already achieved a PPL. And yet with AACA, for instance, its not in the student's best interest to train past that rating (outside of their system) if you wish to get accepted into that Cadet program. You are too far along in their eyes. Still, other pipeline programs, like Frontier Airlines, won't let you in until you have a CPL, I was told. Not sure if this is worth another video, but an answer here would be super appreciated on where the lines actually get drawn in terms of what you have perhaps achieved at a boutique flight school outside of their oversight and partnership parameters. On the one hand it seems like it could be a detrimental move to get a PPL and be considered as a candidate. On the other hand it seems required to even be looked at.

I have a finance degree and worked on Wall Street at JP Morgan for about five years after college. I'm currently 30. Will this experience be considered in my application?

What if I attend an aviation college not listed in the video but is interested in the pipeline

Curious about JetBlue pilot program

So it sounds like delta pilot program you have to move to Florida if you don’t have your ppl? In your opinion what is the quickest and most efficient program?

Does GPA matter in college? My major was computer science, which made it a bit harder to achieve high grades compared to other majors. Thank you for the video!

Do you think anyone cares about what type of studies you attend or is it just a bachelors in whatever that works.

The AA Cadet Academy process has changed. It is now a single interview and they select their preferred WO. They no longer have to interview for the regional cadet program.

That T-shirt is dope!

Idk as a delta employee thinking about doing propel, United sounding good rn. Best non rev flight programs and good schools, plus having the 777 & 787. Wooow

Hey man. Great video! Could you possibly do a video on some private airlines such as Netjets or JSX and some of the pros and cons affiliated with them and maybe even compare them to the major airlines?

Hi Aaron, first off I just wanted to say thank you so much for these videos I can’t tell you how much these videos have benefited me and I’m so grateful for the information you’ve shared to us 🥲 I myself am an aspiring pilot but I just wanted to get some guidance if I’m taking the right steps towards that goal. I’ve talk to some airline pilots and they’ve given me contact info if I had any other questions but once I tried to actually contact them they seem to ghost me and it felt very discouraging. So I just sucked it up and did the next best thing which was lots of research online. My apologies for such a long message but I just wanted ask if there’s anyway I could get in contact with you it would mean the world to me but if not then I totally understand thank you so much for your time!

You provide a great value to prospective career pilots here Aaron. I have an engineering degree. Would it be better to complete my training at a big school like American Flyers, or just as well to get the ratings at a local mom and pop?

Just go 61 and get your 1500 there. No rush to the airlines right now. Either get a job on the side or a different subject degree from college. A 4 year aviation degree wont help you whatsoever if ur medical gets rejected in 10 years. Think about the future!!! Even if you dont use your 4 year degree in something else, its really nice to have a back up plan if you dont like/cant fly in the future. Please dont go to riddle, unless you/family want to dump ~300k on college

I heard you can kind of "skip the flow" at regionals if you apply directly to the respective legacy once you get that 1000 Captain time. Is there any truth to that?

Does the college Degree have to be from an aeronautical university? I do have a BA degree and currently a few weeks into my PPL training at my local flight school in central Florida.

Will lack of a college degree affect the hiring of a pilot at any job other than a legacy airline?

Thank you! I found this video super helpful

my neighbor did it the hard way: air force academy, flight training and20. yrs later he walked into his airline, hired on the spot and flew until he aged out.

Absolutely dare you to dig into the "metering" of SkyWest pilots by the major airlines

Why no more then a PPL!? I have a CPL.., but can't apply to a Pathways Program?