FrontierFan
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Yes I know there is already a tread going but I did not feel like posting at the end of the sixth page or what ever it is up to.
Allow me to set the record straight:
Earning a College Degree doesn’t mean everything but it means a lot.
For those that think that a degree doesn’t mean much by drawing on these few and far between examples prove you never took/passed statistics. Nobody can say a degree doesn’t mean anything because Bill Gates or the CEO of JetBlue never finished their degrees. What about all the people who were not offered an interview for a position and the degree would have put him/her over the top of the other applicants.
I am sure there are more pilots adversely affected from not having degrees than the few who slipped through the cracks of the selection process.
Getting your degree is a whole lot more than "jumping through hoops". I personally had to put myself through two years of A&P School and than four more at a University. Working full time while trying to find time to study for six years was much harder than ANY flight training I have EVER been through.
Starting and completing a degree says a lot about a person. It says they have previous experience of fulfilling a goal that many choose not to even attempt by improving themselves. Education is never a waste.
And yes people with degrees are by and large smarter than people with out. ANY form of standardized test given to an average college graduate compared to the average high school grad will yield a stark contrast in results. Watching CNN and reading a Michael Moore book is not a replacement for a political science class. (And from my understanding Mr. Moore dropped out of the satellite campus of Michigan State at Flint). Reading the WSJ is not a replacement for Micro/Macro economics and the pilot selection committee knows this.
If having a degree really doesn’t mean anything than why does every application on planet earth ask if you have one? That is like saying that a potential employer could care less if you flew in the military because they have had to hire some who did not serve.
Yes degrees do mean something. Statistically an individual who does not complete at least a B.S. has a fraction of the earning power. Also the individual who makes it to the position of captain at a major or CEO are so few and far between it is statistically ridiculous.
A college educated pilot group has more validity than a high school only group. Why, because when xyz airline goes on strike and the mediation board, press, and public discover that these people did not even go to college that is the time when the xyz pilot group’s bargaining potential just traveled away from their favor and over to management’s.
And by the way saying that you can't become a medical doctor or attorney at your local FBO, Delta Connection Academy, or 90-day ATP program justifies my point about what a high school only educated pilot group deserves. We all know that some people go from zero to RJ in a very very short amount of time and they pass their SIC check just fine.
I don't want a high school only educated 90-day wonder doctor working on my kid.
Having a degree does not mean that you are a better pilot than so and so. However having a degree completes the picture that most pilot recruiters are looking for. Anyone can get their ratings from anywhere and just about anyone can complete a Type rating course without a hitch.
Reality dictates that if something was easy to obtain than everyone would have one this includes your ratings/types and your degrees.
This year there was a record enrollment in the University programs across America. The main reason stems from the fact that in today’s world a person with only a high school diploma isn't competitive for anything and has a terrible earning potential.
So for those that honestly don’t think a degree means anything jump off flightinfo.com immediately and call your senator to let them in on your secret because thus far the Military and every industry in the world have been unaware of your fact that a higher education does not mean anything.
F9Fan
Allow me to set the record straight:
Earning a College Degree doesn’t mean everything but it means a lot.
For those that think that a degree doesn’t mean much by drawing on these few and far between examples prove you never took/passed statistics. Nobody can say a degree doesn’t mean anything because Bill Gates or the CEO of JetBlue never finished their degrees. What about all the people who were not offered an interview for a position and the degree would have put him/her over the top of the other applicants.
I am sure there are more pilots adversely affected from not having degrees than the few who slipped through the cracks of the selection process.
Getting your degree is a whole lot more than "jumping through hoops". I personally had to put myself through two years of A&P School and than four more at a University. Working full time while trying to find time to study for six years was much harder than ANY flight training I have EVER been through.
Starting and completing a degree says a lot about a person. It says they have previous experience of fulfilling a goal that many choose not to even attempt by improving themselves. Education is never a waste.
And yes people with degrees are by and large smarter than people with out. ANY form of standardized test given to an average college graduate compared to the average high school grad will yield a stark contrast in results. Watching CNN and reading a Michael Moore book is not a replacement for a political science class. (And from my understanding Mr. Moore dropped out of the satellite campus of Michigan State at Flint). Reading the WSJ is not a replacement for Micro/Macro economics and the pilot selection committee knows this.
If having a degree really doesn’t mean anything than why does every application on planet earth ask if you have one? That is like saying that a potential employer could care less if you flew in the military because they have had to hire some who did not serve.
Yes degrees do mean something. Statistically an individual who does not complete at least a B.S. has a fraction of the earning power. Also the individual who makes it to the position of captain at a major or CEO are so few and far between it is statistically ridiculous.
A college educated pilot group has more validity than a high school only group. Why, because when xyz airline goes on strike and the mediation board, press, and public discover that these people did not even go to college that is the time when the xyz pilot group’s bargaining potential just traveled away from their favor and over to management’s.
And by the way saying that you can't become a medical doctor or attorney at your local FBO, Delta Connection Academy, or 90-day ATP program justifies my point about what a high school only educated pilot group deserves. We all know that some people go from zero to RJ in a very very short amount of time and they pass their SIC check just fine.
I don't want a high school only educated 90-day wonder doctor working on my kid.
Having a degree does not mean that you are a better pilot than so and so. However having a degree completes the picture that most pilot recruiters are looking for. Anyone can get their ratings from anywhere and just about anyone can complete a Type rating course without a hitch.
Reality dictates that if something was easy to obtain than everyone would have one this includes your ratings/types and your degrees.
This year there was a record enrollment in the University programs across America. The main reason stems from the fact that in today’s world a person with only a high school diploma isn't competitive for anything and has a terrible earning potential.
So for those that honestly don’t think a degree means anything jump off flightinfo.com immediately and call your senator to let them in on your secret because thus far the Military and every industry in the world have been unaware of your fact that a higher education does not mean anything.
F9Fan
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