Originally Posted by
mad_jock
There are various different groups the main marketing is trying to hook them into the premier course.
Its normal to be able to jump years in Uni courses if appropriately qualified. And as you seem to be able to get year credits for doing absolutely nothing academic I reckon most line pilots will be able to get a degree after writing an essay.
And it'll be worth precisely nothing.
A degree and a pilot licence are both ultimately recognitions of formal training and assessment at a high standard. But the first is about understanding and use of knowledge of a subject requiring a high degree of intellectual rigour, and the second about use of skills built upon knowledge, requiring a high degree of professionalism and skill.
They are not the same thing - albeit that there are pedagogical overlaps. Basically however, I have to agree with Keith:-
Are you guys seriously thinking about paying good (real) money for a pretend degree.
If you really just want the letters after your name there are far cheaper ways of getting worthless degrees.
Both CTC and the university involved should be utterly ashamed of what they are doing.
Absolutely. Middlesex is let's be honest, a bottom rung former HE college with little academic reputation to lose - but CTC in particular should know better as a well regarded professional training provider.
If you want a degree, do a degree. A proper one, from a grown up university, that means something. For the same reason that if you want a professional pilots licence you need to do it properly, fly the hours, get assessed by a competent flight examiner in a country which understands aviation.
Does anybody really believe that a third world ATPL, or a degree in "aviation" from a former HE college with no in-house aviation expertise is worth anything? Or that any employer will think it is?
(No, CTC isn't a third world substandard training provider - but it's in danger of acting like one here.)