Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Then you haven't applied to a job yet that requires a degree.
I'm sure that somewhere in your aviation career that you are going to apply to a operator that requires you have a college degree. If that ONE job is a career destination, then it will have been worth it. Now expand that to ANY job, inside or outside of aviation, that requires a college degree and you have overcome that obstacle once again.
Now the fact that you went to what many consider an extremely overpriced 'aviation' college and spent many times the amount that you could have gotten a degree for with a variety of other institutions is a problem that you'll have to deal with while making a living and loan payments.
USMCFLYR
Help keep that lie going. Herby Diddle needs new golden ashtrays for the $100 bills they used to light their Cuban cigars with. Being a pilot does not require you have a degree. The airlines that want you to have one only will until the supply of fools dries up. You know, the ones that wasted 4 years of their life and enough dough to buy a house at Riddle or UND. This is a vocational job. And that's an insult to other vocational jobs that actually pay a decent wage.
If you have to wait until your career is almost over to finally get that sweet gig (Major Cpt) is it all really worth it? Most current airline pilot wannabes will NEVER see a major captain seat. That I promise you. History proves me right.