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GI Bill for Private Pilot Certification

GI Bill for Private Pilot Certification

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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 5 months ago
This petition is to promote change within the current Montgomery GI Bill pertaining to "Flight Training". Currently, the GI Bill does not cover any portion of your flight training relating to earning a private pilots certificate. It will cover up to 60% of commercial pilot training, which is well beyond the first step of a certificate. Personally, I feel that since I (we) honorably served in our Armed Forces, and most of us spent a lot of time away from our families (3 deployments for me, including 2 to Iraq), the least that can be done is to open up the GI Bill to 'education related' training. It can be argued that earning private pilots certification is, indeed, education-related. I am fortunate enough to be able to pay for my certification. However, many out there who wish to earn the certification and who have thousands of dollars simply sitting in their GI Bill piggy bank cannot. I could just turn and walk away, but I feel that while the GI Bill has been greatly improved over the past year (Post 911), there is still room for some improvement. If you are a veteran seeking a private pilots certification, a general aviation enthusiast or simply agree with me on this topic, please sign my petition for change! Thank you, Brian.

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November 26, 2017

The emails I receive from other veterans confirm that the current policy creates a barrier that simply does not need to exist. I spend my evenings reading your messages while trying to figure out the right officials to contact. It is exhausting work but I am not prepared to quit.

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Mike Walton
16 years ago Featured

Makes zero sense that they help with the advanced stuff but not the private license. Getting your PPL is expensive as hell and vets deserve this help after everything they sacrificed.

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Sarah Morales
16 years ago Featured

about time honestly. my husband has been trying to figure out a way to pay for this and it should be covered training. fix it.

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