You don't look at Proon for a weekend and look what happens.
I don't think I have seen so much insecurity about a Tertiary education EVER. And this is from guys on here whose opinions I respected.
I do love the 'not all but most Uni trained pilots I've flown with' or the 'I'd rather fly with a dumbarse' comments. Cos I'm sure you've flown with a large cross section in order to make that statement right?
j3, you obviously didn't read the rest of my post:
You'll get people who can and cannot fly well whether they have done the "bush" road or the "uni" road.
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But to categorically state that a "uni" taught pilot will be better just because they did the diploma/degree/whatever, then that is simply wrong. Vice versa.
My opinion is that a tertiary education itself
may (not will) not produce a better pilot just because it is a tertiary education.
And for what its worth, I've flown in 3 countries including 5 states and 1 territory of Australia; probably 10+ different nationalities of colleagues, some uni some not. Not as large a cross-section as some, but still varied enough to have some idea.