College degree to fly cargo???

[pilotyip]

Capt. Mark again you confirm that luck and timing are key ingredients to combine with skill and desire. Hired at 25 at FedEx is lucky.

 

[CaptainMark]

no doubt there is luck involved...still have to be qualified and perform in the interview...but my last words to clear&amillion were "good LUCK"...

 

[Flysher]

I have no college degree.

YET.

My plan was to go to flight school right out of high school and get my ratings, then build hours instructing while going to college.

Well being unaware of the way things actually were I came to find out I could not afford college on an instructor's salary, especially with my school loan that I'm responsible for.

I learned alot about the world and the way things work in the past 2 years. One thing being that it's a dog-eat-dog world and only the strongest survive. Someone once told me to pay yourself before you pay anyone else. Most importantly I learned how much more there is to learn haha.

Anyway now I'm in at Airnet just waiting for a class date, so with the increased pay I may be able to start taking some classes, cause I really want a degree.

Sometimes I wonder if maybe I should have started with college right off the bat and just done my ratings as I went along. Other times i'm glad I did it the way I did.

I also just found out that I'm good at ranting
My 2 cents

 

[pilotyip]

Flysher, you are going to come out a head of many of the college first guys. Your wisdom is unseen by the educated masses.

 

[duke600]

20 great jobs that don't require a degree

Four-year college not only path to well-paid work


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/Careers/02/24/cb.no.degree.jobs/index.html

 

[Whiskerbizkit]

Look at it this way, what would you do if you lose your medical? Think it wont happen? Most medical out before retirement. Think it wont happen for a long time? Ive known many that lost their medical before 30 from things you would never think of. Dont sell yourself short, get a education in something you like other than aviation. You should always have a back up.

 

[CaptainMark]

20 great jobs that don't require a degree

Four-year college not only path to well-paid work


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/Careers/02/24/cb.no.degree.jobs/index.html

i don't see any well paying jobs on that list..

 

[gkrangers]

Commercial pilot
Annual income: $53,870

damn that is pathetic.

 

[Peter Brady]

i don't see any well paying jobs on that list..

Exactly what I was thinking, unless your career goal is to top out in the $50k-60k/yr pay. No well paying jobs, and very few jobs on there that sound like anything more than just a job.

Oh, but dont forget about that Elevator Installer and Repairer job. That must be a wild and crazy job with endless excitement. No need to go to college for that. No duhh!

 

[Purpledog]

Go to college. (Hypothetical) If the age 60 rule goes away, the new requirements for a Class I might be so strenuous that your mild color vision problems won't allow you to get a physical, then what do you do? You can always fly airplanes, many won't go back to school once they reach a certain age.

So, after your college and your 8 year commitment, you will be at least 30 years old and have about 2000 TT (maybe).

At that age with that low time you better dam_n well hope you get hired at Federal Express. Your regional pilot counter-part will have a 4 year degree and about 8000 TT with about 6000 PIC Jet at that age, all in the civilian passenger realm.

Incidently, a bud of mine (F18) got hired at UPS with less than 2000 so you can count them in also.

 

[pilotyip]

My brother in law does not have a college degree, went to a trade school, opened a muffler shop, makes close to $200K/yr.

 

[VaB]

Yes they hire the token civilian applicant but they are just that,,,token.

That's why half the guys are walking around with a big "T" on their shirts. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[WillowRunVortex]

That's why half the guys are walking around with a big "T" on their shirts. Thanks for clearing that up.

Are you going to try and convince me that FedEx isn't notorious for preferring military folks?

I'm not talking about the civilian success stories there over the last 10 months...tell us about their hiring over the last ten years...

 

[Clyde]

BTW FedEx and UPS are the only two cargo outfits I know of that make the college degree a show stopper.

I know 3 people who got hired in 2001 that don't have a college degree.

 

[WillowRunVortex]

Incidently, a bud of mine (F18) got hired at UPS with less than 2000 so you can count them in also.

That was my point.

I have plenty of friends at Brown, all with civilian backgrounds. Most flew charter for UPS off of YIP to get their foot in the door there.

No friends at Purple.