What should I major in to become a pilot?
07-26-2018, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
UCSF actually did have a basket weaving degree at one time. They called it Native American Textiles.
The field is wide open, prime. Strike, while the iron is submerged and oxidizing.
07-27-2018, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Don't overlook the underwater basket weaving. When was the last time you ever heard of a furloughed underwater basket weaver?
Probably as common as an Aeronautical Scientist.
07-28-2018, 05:24 AM
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Accounting. Not only is it a good job that you can do when you lose your medical, you'll also be able to find all that loose change that somehow mysteriously disappears from your paltry regional pilot joke of a paycheck due to payroll errors.
07-28-2018, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
UCSF actually did have a basket weaving degree at one time. They called it Native American Textiles. I suppose you could get a graduate conjoint degree to do it underwater if you could come up with some sort of environmental tie-in. California university degrees are very permissive that way if you phrase the request properly. A natural fiber shelter for bleached coral, perhaps....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-Q7j6DxL0
07-28-2018, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
Well, to be fair, when was the last time you ever heard of an employed underwater basket weaver?
Probably as common as an Aeronautical Scientist.
Probably as common as an Aeronautical Scientist.
Instant seniority, very few ahead on the list. Ground floor plank-owner status. Lot's of room for research, technology development, and the market is virtually untapped. You'll be the first kid on your block to have the degree, and unquestionably the very first to ever come through the HR department with that qualification. Add in one-time appearances on shark week, large discounts on sushi, and a guaranteed brick on the walkway to the underwater basketweaver's hall of fame, and it's a deal that's hard to turn down.
Aeronautical science is jam packed with hopefulls, and the degree is meaningless because the final exam has one question in two parts. The answers are pull back to go up, pull back more to come down again.
There's an extra-credit question regarding the world's fastest land animal, and no, it's not the cheetah.
Originally Posted by Quarryman
Accounting. Not only is it a good job that you can do when you lose your medical, you'll also be able to find all that loose change that somehow mysteriously disappears from your paltry regional pilot joke of a paycheck due to payroll errors.
Also possibly the only profession with a higher depression and suicide rate than dentists, and dentists have no reason to live.
07-28-2018, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Also possibly the only profession with a higher depression and suicide rate than dentists, and dentists have no reason to live.
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