Originally Posted by utah

in two years there might not even be a demand for pilots. Everyone back in 2000/01 were just as optimistic as they are now and then 9/11 happened. Age 70, $200 oil, foreign carriers/cabotage, all sound about as ridiculous as the twin towers falling on 9/10 or age 65 10 years ago. Leave yourself an out, and that engineering degree probably won't be worth anything in five years without some experience behind it.