Originally Posted by
terks43
All these people have been brainwashed into thinking college actually shows anything. I spent my late teens and early 20’s working hard at a job instead of getting blackout drunk on weekends at some kegger on campus. Now let me ask you, who has the more proven track record of work reliability? But I will say this the only reason that a college degree is “required” is because we let them convince us to all go get one. If we stopped telling young pilots to go get a stupid degree all this would end. A degree is required because we made it that way by way to many of us being willing to shell out even more money for something that is completely useless. It’s a scam.
Some of us disagree.
A pilot without a degree can fit in just fine to the existing system.
But I'd be concerned if all pilots stopped getting degrees... that would be a big cultural shift. If you look at 1000 guys with degrees and 1000 without there is going to be some delta in culture and values. Especially today since anyone who actually wants a degree can get one easily.
But I think this discussion is academic at best. The degree is the gold standard and will remain so. The pilot shortage might reduce the degree to "preferred" but that just means it will be de facto required again once the shortage is over.
Bottom line, the system wants you to be educated. You can check the box at an online diploma mill, or actually take advantage of the opportunity to learn something... you get to pick your major and electives. Or you can pee into the wind.