[QUOTE=SkyHigh;81756]I will concede to you that the income data supports your position but it fails to tell the entire story.

Those who have made the effort to accomplish a four year degree have the self determination and drive to be a higher achiever than most but it dose not mean that the same education is responsible for the increased income. In fact the majority of self-made millionaires and small business owners have a high school education or less. Of my college friends the most the well off returned to technical labor jobs after failing at their intended fantasy college profession and are now doing very well. The statistics would say that since they are college educated they owe their success to the degree when in fact that is not the case.


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Come to Alberta, Canada and work in the trades right out of High school. People with a grade 10 eduacation almost clear $90,000. Then you can blow that money after working one year on Clown High's "so called" flight training of 150K.

 

I,m one of the plumbers that skyhigh talks about so often. I also have no desire to be a professional pilot but disagree with his opinion on the trade. One of my high school classmates is a chief flight officer for a major cargo carrier in the region I live. The last I heard my CFI I used to get my ppl is now flying for a State Police department, and the father to my childs best friend is the chief pilot for a large corporation. I have talked to all of them about flying and how they got their start. Each of them told me about difficulties getting their start but this major dept he talks about didn't happen with either of them. I know four professional pilots and none have had these major problems. The fourth I didn't mention because he was born into a flying family and had been flying from about the age of 6. He got his flight time and ratings flying family planes.

 

I really wish SKYHIGH would stop telling everybody that training cost 150K. He is just so annoying. I hate posting this because I'm such a newbie and I am going to block his posts. Let's have a vote to ban him from this site.