Falconone

BS Business Administration from Auburn University

FlyingGuide

B.S. Commercial Aviation UND 2006.

JetJocF14

B.B.A. Bachlor of Business Administration ( Management) Southwest Texas State University. San Marcos, TX

groovinaviator

Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology- Saint Louis University, St. Louis Missouri
B.S. Aeronautics, major: Aviation Science

Really wish I had a "real" degree. Planning on starting my masters in education next fall.

animals

[QUOTE=calcapt;81613]High School dropout with a PhD in pimpin.

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LOL!

favila008

Thanks to everyone for posting your degree's. From this I have learned that most pilots get their college degrees in these fields: Business, Aviation, Engineering. I also noticed that the majority of the pilots who got a degree in avitation regret it, and now are considering getting another degree. One which they can actually implement in the real world.

To those of you considering a degree in avition, analyze it, and read the posts of some real life pilots, who regret it.

SAAB your history degree is worth about as much as CalCapts pimping degree. Anyways, I guess your perception of American history is much better than mines, and you know much more about it than me. Good for you, and if aviation fails, we always need history teachers.
CalCapt aviation can no longer fail you, but the college of pimpin always needs some pimpin teachers. please consider it, gives us a call at 1800666PIMP.

CTPILOT

B.S Aeronautics minor in Aviation Safety from ERAU all goes well graduating in May 2007

kerns bbo

Mechanical Eng. U. of Minnesota

ryane946

Not true! If you can name one, just one time in history where this was true, I will believe you. But it has never happened:
-Lets pick 2003. This is when most of the current crap happened to the airline industry. UAL filed for bankruptcy in Dec 2002. American, Delta, and Continental pilots took 30% pay cuts. MANY layoffs happened. In fact, this year and the next two years saw the most commercial aircraft orders EVER. EVER! In the history of the world! That's funny. The worst year for the airline industry coinsided with the best year for Aerospace companies!

What else happened in 2003? Oh, I know, the US went to war with Iraq. What happens when the richest country in the world, with the largest military with a $300+ BILLION dollar budget goes to war. Missles get built. Missles...that sounds like something an Aerospace engineer would build. UAV's are ordered. UAV's...that sounds like something an Aerospace engineer would build. Satellite communication becomes important. Satellite communication...that sounds like something an Aerospace engineer would build. I can go on and on, but you get the point.

Even things you think would hurt the airline industry really help the Aerospace industry. I already explained how war could hurt the airline indsutry, but help the Aerospace industry. How about September 11th. New security measures make air travel a hassle. Suddenly many rich people leave airlines and buy fractional ownership in a jet. Aerospace business jet companies cannot build these jets fast enough. NetJets, Flight Options, FlexJet, etc... order THOUSANDS of business jets. Raytheon, Cessna, Gulfstream, Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier... These are all Aerospace companies that benefited greatly from businessmen leaving airlines and moving over to fractional ownership.

How about high oil prices. The last time airlines were really making money consistently was when oil was at $30 a barrel. Well now it is at $60 a barrel. Does that mean flying will become twice as expensive, therefore fewer people will fly, and airlines will order fewer jets??? NO, infact, it is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE. High oil prices led to the largest number of new aircraft ordered, completely shattering the records. The Boeing 787 is a perfect example. It main enhancment was a 20% reduction in fuel burn over comparable aircraft of its size. It has received a staggering 450+ orders in less than two years. Before one has even been flown. That is unprecidented! When gas is expenive, it makes sense to buy new aircraft that burn less fuel than to use older gass guzzlers. In fact, high oil prices seem to be good for the Aerospace industry.

Your teacher is downright wrong. What he said was uneducated and wrong. Sure, it seemed logical, but I think what I told you proves him wrong.

The other good thing about being an Aerospace engineer is that you don't have to work in the Aerospace field. Aerospace engineers should be called "systems engineers." Aerospace engineers are usually put incharge of an entire project, rather than a small individual component. While a computer scientist just knows how to program code, a mechanical engineer knows materials, an electrical engineer knows circuits,
An Aerospace engineer knows ALL of these. If you decide you don't want to work in the Aerospace field, you can easily get a job as a mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer, or a civil engineer. This is all stuff you learn if you get an Aerospace engineering degree.

I hope your teachers uneducated commentss do not dissuade you from getting an AE degree. The only reason not to get an AE degree is because it is very hard. If you decide it is too hard for you, then try mechanical engineering, or some other kind of engineering degree. It will be the best backup incase your aviation dreams do not work out.