Helicopter Association International, HAI, wants Veterans to Share their stories of using GI Bill® Benefits for Helicopter Flight Training to Fight Pending Legislation That Cuts Veterans Benefits for an Aviation Education If you’re a Veteran and you have used your GI Bill® Benefits for helicopter flight training, HAI wants you to share your story. Email your … Continued
by Benefits.VA.gov Post 9/11 GI Bill® Benefits The Post 9/11 GI Bill® is an education benefit program for individuals who served on active duty after September 10, 2001. You may be eligible if you served at least 90 aggregate days on active duty* after September 10, 2001, or were honorably discharged from active duty for a … Continued
As Veterans enroll into the helicopter flight training program at Guidance Aviation using the Post-9/11 GI Bill® benefits they’ve earned, August 1st marked the four year anniversary of the Post 9/11 GI Bill®. To date, “the VA has issued approximately $30 billion in Post 9/11 GI-Bill® benefit payments since its inception in August 2009 and helped … Continued
Military personnel serving under the Post 911 GI Bill® may in some cases transfer their GI Bill® education benefits to family members. The August 01, 2013 deadline to transfer benefits without incurring the need to serve more time is approaching quickly for many service members. According to the site, milConnect, “A special provision of the … Continued
Helicopter Flight Training Using GI Bill Benefits to Become a Professional Helicopter Pilot [CAREER UPDATE: 02-15-15: CJ has just announced he has landed a job and will begin flying professionally (outside of Guidance) in March, 2015. Congrats CJ!!] James (CJ) Schneider III is a CFI, CFI-I for both Helicopter and Fixed Wing. He works for … Continued
Case Study No. 2 in our series on “Veterans Using Post 9/11 GI Bill® benefits for helicopter flight training” features Ruben Velasco, US Army Veteran and Guidance Aviation helicopter flight training student. Ruben is attending the Yavapai College Associate of Applied Arts (AAS) degree program, Professional Pilot-Helicopters, with Guidance Aviation as the sole provider of … Continued
Reported on Military.comThe Post-9/11 GI Bill has evolved quite a bit over the last few years. Some changes have improved the benefit for veterans, while other – less popular — changes were made to pay for the improvements. The latest changes came on the first of August, mainly in the form of tuition and fee limits and unpopular reductions of … Continued
It’s not just the 300+ days of sunshine nor just the challenge of high altitude flight training that attracts our student pilots from all over the nation. Nor is it that we offer an incredible flight training program for U.S. Veterans using their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits through the Yavapai College Professional Pilot Program. Those are all great reasons. There’s another reason. … Continued
Marine and Army Veterans Help Veterans use Post 9/11 GI Bill® benefits for helicopter flight training Curtis Marshall, Veteran, Sergeant, US Marines and Jason Martin, Veteran, Sergeant, US Army, have dream jobs working as professional helicopter pilots. [CAREER UPDATE: Curt Marshall is now flying professionally for a utility company and Jason Martin is now flying professionally … Continued
Yesterday, the House passed a version of the Post-9/11 GI Bill® grandfather clause which would preserve current tuition and fee rates for those affected by the pending $17,500 cap. Rick Maze at the Air Force Times has mAffairs ore at the link below. He writes, “As a result of a new $17,500 annual limit on … Continued