Most managers in our industry don't have management qualifications; if you reach the right level, there are generally in-house management skill training schemes.
Most managers in our industry have however at some point been quite good at a "real" job, whether that's engineering, flying, ATC...
A management qualification will do you no harm, but in the short term, little good either.
On the other hand, whoever told you to drop maths and take management is an idiot - never take their advice again, and go back to the maths. And physics.
Maths and physics make aeroplanes work, management is a nice to have. Many might dispute "nice" and substitute "necessary evil"; either way the route into aviation management is via aviation.
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Last edited by Pilotage; 9th Feb 2013 at 22:05.