Originally Posted by rickair7777

It's probably not. If their parents are some of the most successful people you know. For the rest of us, yeah about that...

The left side of the bell curve have no business in college. The extreme right-hand edge don't need to finish if they have a great business plan (ie bill gates). But if they want to work in established industry/govrnment they need to finish, at a good school, and then a year at Oxford... that's how you prove where you are on the bell curve.

The rest of us in the middle need college or some sort of vo-tech, depending.

Better to already have the degree while you're getting experience, pays better in most industries. In aviation you can actually get started and get a little ahead sooner if you skip college... but then you'll stall out and be stuck most likely.

Originally Posted by rickair7777

There are creative ways to minimize cost, especially for aviation where you don't strictly need a brand-name sheep-skin or network.