Originally Posted by
Powderkeg
Spoken like somebody with very little real world experience. What’s grueling is spending the next many years after obtaining that degree dodging thunderstorms in a piston twin. Or joining the military and sleeping in tents after a day being shot at. Or cleaning the “honey pot” out of a King Air because somebody honored you with occupying the right seat and letting you make some radio calls.
Your success has as much or more to do with good timing as it does your abilities.
I can list a hundred things that never happened to try a prove a point too. Try attending multiple classes, flying, working a part time job and planning your career. It may not be how it once was but the experience received at some schools is priceless. Much more than valuable than working a hokey job flying 45 min between two podunk towns. We’re flying CRJ FTDs before graduation, whereas guys wouldn’t even dream of touching those until their 30’s