Originally Posted by
rickair7777
If you ever need to fall back on it, a real degree can come in handy. It is safe to say that you will get furloughed/unemployed at some point in your pilot career, and you can also expect to spend anywhere to from 6 months to forever grounded for medical reasons.
I am going to disagree here. Major in something YOU like. If you believe that your degree will be a good fall back, the truth is it won't. You will be out of the loop in that industry, and competing for jobs against people with the same time out of college, but with that many years working in the field. You would not even be competive against those just out of college, because they are atleast update with the technology and industry. You would be out of practice.
So major in anything, anything at all, as long as it is something you will enjoy. No point in not enjoying college, and no point in majoring in something only because you think it will be a back up when it won't be.