C.W.E. wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:14 pm
Well confusedalot I managed to do quite well as a pilot with only grade eight.
I flew for a living for fifty one years and as the years passed and my flying experience increased so did my earning capacity increase.
I do not recall ever being asked how much education I had and I worked for some of the biggest companies in the world, all the work I got in the last twenty or so years of my career was by recommendation from previous employers and there was no need for them to ask how much education I had.
Of course the more education one has the better in most occupations but driving airplanes is one occupation where you can be successful with basic education.
My father dropped out of high school in grade 10 and got a job at a factory. The wage he earned was enough to buy groceries, pay rent, own a decent car, and get drunk every weekend.
With his earnings, he was able to provide a decent life for my brother and I, and afford a house before he turned 30 in a single income family.
That house is now worth over 2 million.
Could somebody do the same today?
If you're going to give advice like that, you should at least be forthcoming and include in your post the year you entered the industry.
The truth is, a bachelor's degree is the new expectation in our modern society. Police officers, nurses, accountants, etc. are all expected to have degrees.
Back in the day, all you needed to be a cop was to be 6ft tall, white, blue eyes, 200 lbs, and know how to sign your name. Every police force now requires post secondary education. Either military or a bachelor's to be competitive.
It is no longer hiring a person with experience vs. a person with a degree. The people with experience also have degrees.
Air Canada could discard the resume of every non-degree applicant and still have significantly more applications than positions available, even at the best of times, with the pilot shortage in full effect.
Right or wrong, this is the modern world we live in today. If you want to be successful, get an education.