Originally Posted by
deltabound
A very smart billionaire venture capitalist recently said this (paraphrased):
"Today's college degree's will soon be tomorrow's Taxi medallions."
Good statement about the credential mills (aka colleges) are starting to look like the emperor with no clothes. A degree is not knowledge, nor even a predictor of potential employee value.
Still... needed at Big D. Best of luck.
Yeah right. 15 years ago the director of training at my cargo company told everyone without a degree, "just wait 5 years, the majors won't require a degree".
A college degree will likely always be required, if only to make the pile of resumes smaller. Also, interviewing someone who spent 4 years working through a college program implies that they stick with complicated training and completed it. Definitely relevant in an aviation career.
As I'm sure we have people with history degrees, english or whatever non-technical field, an engineering background isn't required to fly a plane. But I think a college degree certainly makes a better, well rounded pilot. And yes, I've flown with both.