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Whilst it is not a requirement to have a degree to operate a glass cockpit aircraft, you will find that, if you show up at The Boeing Company or Airbus Industrie without a degree your CV will be in the bin rapidly. In fact, the base level for entry into these two great companies is likely to be a Masters degree and for anything serious, a PhD is the norm
It is common practice for pilots to dismiss university graduates. However, for most university graduates, operating a glass cockpit aircraft is not an intellectual challenge. The challenge they seek is to develop user-friendly, reliable flight deck software, work out the thermal dynamics of a jet engine, work out the mathematics required to navigate from one point on earth to another accurately, the performance charts, stress dynamics of composite material, the physics involved in aerodynamics - need I go on. Most of them carry out work for buttons - if anything. Let's thank our university friends for the contributions they have made to aviation and, made flying so safe for the general public. Your work has made flying easier, thanks for your efforts. H708 BSc(Hons), MCP