Originally Posted by
Diver Driver
Slugger, take the advice we are giving you. I did not and got two.. yes, two degrees in aviation related fields and I am kicking myself in the arse for doing so. I wish now, I had studied meteorology or something else that I could fall back on. I am stuck now with what I have, but am getting ready to start an online MBA program to hopefully build a feasible backup plan should the dirt hit the fan again. I got lucky this time, my old employer in college hired me back as a computer course designer and programmer... and I was able to find another airline job. Next time, things might not work out so nicely.
Yeah, I am going to take the advice. I actually found this website from a Boston Center controller on VATSIM who said the exact same thing everyone here is saying; "Do not get an aviation related degree."
Though this is kind of discouraging, I know I will find a way to fly somehow, whether that is for an airline, or buying my own cessna in awhile (a long while) after I get, most likely, a business/accounting degree. One of my instructors says that many airline pilots hate their jobs, and he works for Planesense in portsmouth, NH and he flies PC-12s and he loves it, but he said airlines aren't the same, you're treated like a number.