Four wasted years...priceless

Those grads will start out way higher than Regional FOs. In my opinion any degree with aviation (with exception of Aerospace Engineering) is a waste.
 
I heard there is actually somewhere around 10 students here so far going to major in this. I flew with one of those students not too long ago and he was pretty much doing it for the money. Its pretty much as useless as a degree in aviation and they do all the training upto CMEL CSEL and IA. I know they just spent a fortune on some UAV. I see parts of it by the hangers at airport and one of our lead instructors just finished some UAV training.
 
Lord knows I got tired of doing forecast reviews everytime one of these UAVs by a non-pilot crashed in the AOR, now I really feel for our meteorologists still monitoring the AOR for the next batch of non-pilots flying a remote controlled airplane into the ground.
 
I took a single class at Riddle on UAS operations, and it was boring as heck. Last I'd heard, they were starting a minor on it, but I'm not sure on that 100%. Can't imagine what 4 years of that stuff would be.
 
I think it's pretty darn smart of UND. Dont get me wrong, I dont like UAV's I like aircraft that require a pilot. however UAV's are here to stay and will increase in numbers. Why not be the leader in UAV pilot education. If playing a video game is your dream job, more power to ya.
 
In most vocations there is a birth of the XYZ profession, growth, plateau, decline, and finally demise.

Your career earnings will have the highest potential if you can time your retirement as the vocation growth curve starts its break to plateau.

Consider the following civilian aviation jobs,

Navigator... demise
Radio Operator... demise
Flight Engineer... serious decline
Pilot... plateau-decline
UAV... growth

You need to evaluate your time to retirement. A 65 year old with a FE rating that finds one of the last FE jobs and wants to work one more year... It might be feasible to take the position.

A pilot, 50 years old in the middle of a career can ride it down for the next 15 years as the decline accelerates. Not optimum, but possible.

An 18-20 something looking for a career to span the next 4 decades needs to look further out and determine what is in the beginning of a growth curve. Like it or not UAVs are in growth.
 
ppragman said:
I dunno, I don't think very highly of this program, but read for yourself:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34691626/ns/technology_and_science-science/

someone might have posted this already, don't know
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seaav8tor said:
In most vocations there is a birth of the XYZ profession, growth, plateau, decline, and finally demise.

Your career earnings will have the highest potential if you can time your retirement as the vocation growth curve starts its break to plateau.

Consider the following civilian aviation jobs,

Navigator... demise
Radio Operator... demise
Flight Engineer... serious decline
Pilot... plateau-decline
UAV... growth

You need to evaluate your time to retirement. A 65 year old with a FE rating that finds one of the last FE jobs and wants to work one more year... It might be feasible to take the position.

A pilot, 50 years old in the middle of a career can ride it down for the next 15 years as the decline accelerates. Not optimum, but possible.

An 18-20 something looking for a career to span the next 4 decades needs to look further out and determine what is in the beginning of a growth curve. Like it or not UAVs are in growth.
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I highly doubt that we'll be no longer flying by the end of our career. Passengers want pilots. I don't think pax would get on a plane if they didn't have a pilot.
 
How far do you think UAV will reach in the civilian world as far as cargo and passenger operations. I just dont see it happening. I dont see the unions letting it happens. I dont see the paying customers letting it happens. Not while I'm alive and I'm only 21.
 
mtsu_av8er said:
Well, it's not ALWAYS just about the money . . . but, alright.

For what it's worth, they'll probably start out way higher than new law school grads.
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It was never about the money; that is until I had a small family to worry about. Then, well you know how it is :)
 
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