It isn't that the aviation degrees' uselessness is "sometimes" professed here. It's pretty much constant, and supporters of the degree are mainly those working on one. Of course, they can't be expected to acknowledge that their current pursuit is an absurd waste of time and money...that'll come with experience.
Case in point--
9/01/06:
Originally Posted by
JMT21
...our discussion begin with you unfairly chastising avation degrees. As a reasonable person with many freinds who have aviation degrees and been successful with them, I simply put a few of your assessments into perspective.
1/28/07:
Originally Posted by
JMT21
In all honesty, commercial aviation is a complete bull**** degree. It's not challenging and useless other than for filling a line on an application. You would be doing yourself a real favor getting a non aviation degree.