You have a bright future ahead of you, skylover. Your passion and zeal, combined with your intelligence, wit, and strong sense of rationality will take you far. Your ability to debate with reason has impressed me. I admire your ability to defend your position, even in adversity.

With all that said, might I humbly suggest you look into diversifying your college experience? It is easy to say now that the degree you eventually find yourself acquiring won't truly matter; after all, you simply intend on flying for your career, right? However, you never know what life may throw at you.

Imagine, if you will, that you're 10 years into a bright future in aviation, but all of a sudden you find you cannot pass your FAA flight physical. The obvious answer would be to turn to your degree and attempt to switch gears, but if all you know is aviation, you may find yourself stuck in the back end of an alley somewhere without any way out.

Perhaps you were to seek a degree in business administration? Then you might even think about getting into the corporate side of aviation, maybe one day even running an airport or airline, making the big bucks and taking the big risks.

You never know. While I don't like the over-handedness of the others who are arguing against you, that one point continues to appeal to me as a voice of reason.

Whatever you decide, don't let all these old-timers beat the optimism out of you. It's a powerful force, and people *do* notice it. Oftentimes, people become very jealous of it, as well. There's a fine line between between being optimistic and stuck up - learn the distinction and keep your head high!

Good luck!