adam_jorgensen
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- Oct 13, 2002
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Ok guys, I'm really frustrated about this whole degree thing about how you absolutely have to have one in order to be hired for a major airline. This is a argument that has been going on in my head for a long time and I don't know what to come to.
First of all, what is more important? Knowing how to fly, or wasting all your time and money getting a degree? All of you who got your embry riddle degrees must have been millionaires or something, but for a person like me, who comes from a family who doesn't have much money, what do I do? How does getting a degree make you a better pilot to begin with? It doesn't make sense to get a degree in some field of education if you never are going to use it because you are going to be a pilot. And how do I know what everybody here tells me applies to my situation? My dad doesn't believe in this process, and I'm starting not to believe either. He thinks, and he is probably right, that I should go right to the horses mouth and find out if you need a degree or not (that is, the major airline.)
The thing is, you can't become a doctor and a lawyer at the same time. Choose one or the other. I'm not going to waste my time, where I could be flying, taking a degree in some area that I will never do. I can't go to university and take flight training at the same time. It would be just too much for me. I don't have to mental capabilities of going to school and taking my commercials license at the same time. And besides, why would you go to a university for 4 years to get all your flight training when I can get it from my local flying club in 4 months? Finically, I can't do it. Does this mean I can't become a pilot for a major airline? I'm not superman. The work load from both commercials license studying and university would be just enough for a mental break down. And then there's the money. My dad thinks that I should just go and concentrate on my flying, because that is what I have a passion for, that is what is important to me. I don't want to put it off because I have to go to university. I can't go to some school like embry riddle where it would cost me like 100,000 dollars to go there that is just impossible for me to afford. You can't even take out loans that big. I don't understand why a major requires a degree from someone who has the same education of flying an aircraft of somebody who doesn't have a degree. All they would care is that they can fly an airplane. Why should a degree matter?
Guys, I'm really burnt out of this whole thing. All this time, everybody has made me think that to a pilot, getting a degree is the most important thing in his career. But what about flying? Getting experience? A degree will do you no good if you don't have both that. You can't tell me that a degree is more important than flying experience. You might say, well they want to hire a person who they know is well educated because they have a degree but still, that may make you a better doctor, how does that make you a better pilot? But I just don't know what to do. I have told you what my dad has said. He thinks I should get maybe a diploma for a trade like avionics and if I apply for an airline that does require a degree, that I go back to university for 2 years and get a degree. All and all, he just wants me to concentrate on my flying and not worry so much about degrees and all that other school bs. I just don't know anymore though. I could argue this till my face turns blue. I just don't have the time or the money for both. If I would have to choose one, it would defiantly be the flying. What's more important to you?
First of all, what is more important? Knowing how to fly, or wasting all your time and money getting a degree? All of you who got your embry riddle degrees must have been millionaires or something, but for a person like me, who comes from a family who doesn't have much money, what do I do? How does getting a degree make you a better pilot to begin with? It doesn't make sense to get a degree in some field of education if you never are going to use it because you are going to be a pilot. And how do I know what everybody here tells me applies to my situation? My dad doesn't believe in this process, and I'm starting not to believe either. He thinks, and he is probably right, that I should go right to the horses mouth and find out if you need a degree or not (that is, the major airline.)
The thing is, you can't become a doctor and a lawyer at the same time. Choose one or the other. I'm not going to waste my time, where I could be flying, taking a degree in some area that I will never do. I can't go to university and take flight training at the same time. It would be just too much for me. I don't have to mental capabilities of going to school and taking my commercials license at the same time. And besides, why would you go to a university for 4 years to get all your flight training when I can get it from my local flying club in 4 months? Finically, I can't do it. Does this mean I can't become a pilot for a major airline? I'm not superman. The work load from both commercials license studying and university would be just enough for a mental break down. And then there's the money. My dad thinks that I should just go and concentrate on my flying, because that is what I have a passion for, that is what is important to me. I don't want to put it off because I have to go to university. I can't go to some school like embry riddle where it would cost me like 100,000 dollars to go there that is just impossible for me to afford. You can't even take out loans that big. I don't understand why a major requires a degree from someone who has the same education of flying an aircraft of somebody who doesn't have a degree. All they would care is that they can fly an airplane. Why should a degree matter?
Guys, I'm really burnt out of this whole thing. All this time, everybody has made me think that to a pilot, getting a degree is the most important thing in his career. But what about flying? Getting experience? A degree will do you no good if you don't have both that. You can't tell me that a degree is more important than flying experience. You might say, well they want to hire a person who they know is well educated because they have a degree but still, that may make you a better doctor, how does that make you a better pilot? But I just don't know what to do. I have told you what my dad has said. He thinks I should get maybe a diploma for a trade like avionics and if I apply for an airline that does require a degree, that I go back to university for 2 years and get a degree. All and all, he just wants me to concentrate on my flying and not worry so much about degrees and all that other school bs. I just don't know anymore though. I could argue this till my face turns blue. I just don't have the time or the money for both. If I would have to choose one, it would defiantly be the flying. What's more important to you?