Do you have a Degree, and do you feel it helped you into your flying job?
Hi Dr
Nah yr welcome to that sought of risky flying buddy, ya can't sway me, too comfy these days with my 'non-degree' life comforted by an 'insurance' policy either side of me
Careful there Dr you will get me banned for speaking without a degree!!
"Morayfield".............That's a very true statement, re "hrs for age". I have had that thrown back at me all my flying career getting to where I am today. Having started late in life to be a 'pirot' I never amassed big hrs commensurate with my age.But all my experience was hands on flying, none of this 4000 hrs in the R/H seat of some SE toy plane trying to stay awake being assesed as valuable experience!
. But as I said determination got me where I wanted to go, no more no less:-) We have a mixture of non degree drivers at work as well as good smattering of pilots with degrees, we ALL fly the same & you couldn't tell the ones with or without the useless piece of paper:-)
Unfortunetly a degree is everything these days to some & unfortunetly the streets are full of people with degrees looking for work.
Wmk2:-)
Nah yr welcome to that sought of risky flying buddy, ya can't sway me, too comfy these days with my 'non-degree' life comforted by an 'insurance' policy either side of me
Careful there Dr you will get me banned for speaking without a degree!!"Morayfield".............That's a very true statement, re "hrs for age". I have had that thrown back at me all my flying career getting to where I am today. Having started late in life to be a 'pirot' I never amassed big hrs commensurate with my age.But all my experience was hands on flying, none of this 4000 hrs in the R/H seat of some SE toy plane trying to stay awake being assesed as valuable experience!
. But as I said determination got me where I wanted to go, no more no less:-) We have a mixture of non degree drivers at work as well as good smattering of pilots with degrees, we ALL fly the same & you couldn't tell the ones with or without the useless piece of paper:-)Unfortunetly a degree is everything these days to some & unfortunetly the streets are full of people with degrees looking for work.
Wmk2:-)
'Dragun' the leaders of this country as well as probably all democratic societies are run by people with degrees, need I say more?
The dream of flight ( as in being a pilot) belongs to those that believe in it the most, not whom has the most 'salad dressing'! Higher education is a myth. Remember you only need to read & write English to become a private pilot. The same pilot that flies in the same airspace as the so called degree pilots.
Wmk2
The dream of flight ( as in being a pilot) belongs to those that believe in it the most, not whom has the most 'salad dressing'!
Higher education is a myth. Remember you only need to read & write English to become a private pilot. The same pilot that flies in the same airspace as the so called degree pilots.Wmk2
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This thread is stupid........
Every few months, a new thread is created by somebody wondering whether or not to pursue a degree in aviation.
So they put the question out there and the same people reply with the same arguements and the entire thread goes round and round in circles and eventually ends in the same place that every other "aviation degree thread" ends - NOWHERE!!!
It's as simple as this......
Will an aviation degree help you get that coveted airline gig??
Who knows.
It certainly can't hurt. The basic understanding is the more qualifications you have then the better.
BUT...........
Is it worth three years of your life???
Who knows.
As an aviation degree holder I certainly hope so, and almost every other aviation degree holder will attest that it was worth the time.
Because nobody, (including myself), wants to feel that we wasted 3 years.
People who do not have an aviation degree will attest that it is not worth the three years. Because nobody from this group will want to feel that they might have missed out.
Somebody (obviously one of the more wiser pprune posters, unlike the rest of you time-wasters) mentioned that if you want to do a degree then do it. If you do not want to do a degree then don't.
Now, please, for the love of God, leave this thread alone
Eternity................
So they put the question out there and the same people reply with the same arguements and the entire thread goes round and round in circles and eventually ends in the same place that every other "aviation degree thread" ends - NOWHERE!!!
It's as simple as this......
Will an aviation degree help you get that coveted airline gig??
Who knows.
It certainly can't hurt. The basic understanding is the more qualifications you have then the better.
BUT...........
Is it worth three years of your life???
Who knows.
As an aviation degree holder I certainly hope so, and almost every other aviation degree holder will attest that it was worth the time.
Because nobody, (including myself), wants to feel that we wasted 3 years.
People who do not have an aviation degree will attest that it is not worth the three years. Because nobody from this group will want to feel that they might have missed out.
Somebody (obviously one of the more wiser pprune posters, unlike the rest of you time-wasters) mentioned that if you want to do a degree then do it. If you do not want to do a degree then don't.
Now, please, for the love of God, leave this thread alone
Eternity................
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Gained 3 separate degrees from three different universities, including a postgraduate degree. Didn't help me get my first job, nor any subsequent ones. Was more of a hindrance. 9 years spent in full-time study when I could have been building hours gaining experience. Potential employers weren't excitied about someone who's thesis was titled "Reactivity and Cytoxicity of the Bioreductive Cancer Prodrugs SN 23862 and CB 1954."
(good for you)