Originally Posted by
wheresmyplane
I'm sorry, I know I've said this before but I can't think of any reason to justify spending money on an extra four years of college that you don't need. I knew I wanted to be a pilot, so I went to flight school. That was my training. I have a piece of plastic in my wallet that says I successfully completed the training. That means I stuck with and finished something I started. The one thing we don't need in this industry is a requirement that we spend MORE money for the return we're seeing. I'm not so sure that such a requirement would result in higher pay, either. Reading a little history about aviation will show you that airline management has been trying to lowball pilots on pay since the beginning. A unified pilot group is what we need, not more hoops to jump through.
I'm sorry, but the majority of us knew we wanted to be Airline Pilots, so we took the advice of every Airline Pilot we met and started with getting a degree. You rolled the dice...maybe that will play out well for you, but that doesn't mean it should be the norm. For argument's sake, why require a GED? Answer is the same as requiring a degree. I have flown with plenty of outstanding pilots without degrees...none of them pound their chests about it (as you do), nearly all regret not getting it done sooner.