Originally Posted by 1Seat 1Engine

If you've got to ask, then you don't want to be here.

It's a crappy gamble. If it pays off, you win pretty big, but the buy-in is pretty steep.

An MBA is, in my opinion a safer bet.

If you're playing the odds that is.

There's some of us who will fly no matter what it pays and would rather slit our wrists than get an MBA. If you fit into that category, you wouldn't be asking our opinion.

I'm more worried about cabotage and rising fuel prices than I am automation. I don't think airliners will ever be completely unmanned regardless of the technology because it's a people oriented business.

Honestly, they still haven't gotten rid of all the Flight Engineers. The pilots won't be going away anytime soon.

Right now it would cost way more to fly these things from the ground than fly them from the air...and guess what: the guy on the ground flying it would still be a highly qualified, highly paid person.

Anyway, if you're worried about the odds, go get an MBA from a good school.