Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The ideal backup degree...
- Non-aviation related (except engineering is OK).
- Marketable Skill (accounting, engineering, business etc...history, english, and zoology are not marketable)
- Something you enjoy.
- A field that doesn't experience revolutionary change every 18 months. Accounting, business, and even engineering are always based on the same fundamentals. Computer technology would be not be so good in this regard.
- Military experience (even 4 years) will help
- Security clearance (the higher the better)
- Military leadership training (NCO academy, Airman leadership, etc...)
All three of the above can you / do give you a leg up in the workplace.