Originally Posted by
AxialFlow
Of my friends who are pilots, not one is recommending aviation as a career for their children. I know several pilots who have taken voluntary LOA's to go back to school for a career change.
The only one's still pushing the "dream" are souless organizations like Embry Riddle and the RAA.
Even Riddle has been pulling away from the Airline pilot career path. They have been promoting their engineering programs as their flagship degree program instead of the flying degrees. There was a push a few years ago to even drop Aeronautical from the ERAU name.