Originally Posted by
Genghis the Engineer
I hope I qualify as both an academic insider, and an aircraft industry insider - but I'm also an engineer and pilot, so business management isn't really my forte: I do flying machine stuff.
I think that an MBA is the route if you want to go into top level strategic / financial business management. I think that the MSc ATM is the route if you want to be a specialist middle to senior manager in the aircraft industry managing stuff that demonstrably involves air transport - aeroplanes, management, business development, etc.
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Hi Gengis,
I believe you do qualify and that is one of the reasons I respect your opinion and thoughts on this matter. Me, I am a mere pilot (been it for 17 years now) that always felt interested in the things happening "behind the doors" but "(..)to go into top level strategic /financial business management(...)" is not my objective - at least not at the moment.
When you refer to "(...) top level strategic / financial business management (...)" you're referring to C-Level, would you also out the COO in that more top level strategic part of the organization?
I believe that if at some moment in time that desire or aspiration to aspire to top level shows up I'm always in time for a proper MBA. Would you agree?
At the moment managing aeroplanes, business development and, who knows preparing a business plan for something I see the opportunity for would be my top objective. But the most important reason of the investment in the ATM MSc (or an MBA) is to learn more about the business. At the same feeling academically prepared, if an opportunity shows up, to take it if I feel the desire to do so. At the moment, the most I would see myself in an organization would be as COO. It is the operational sides of things that drive my passion.
Looking forward to reading a bit more from you, sir. Thank you very much for your time.