My best friend got his pilot's license at 16 -and he is an airline pilot now.
I've been in the air traffic control field since 1980 and college isn't required -In fact, the most stupid people I've had to deal with were those with college degrees, mostly in management.
College is no guarantee of knowledge, ability or common sense.
Should You Need More Than a High School Education to Be a Nuclear Plant Operator? Or Airline Pilot?
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2011/08/16 11:00:00
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Laugh all you want at Homer Simpson, but the long-running Fox cartoon man of the house is not an anomaly at nuclear power facilities. According to The Wall Street Journal, there are plenty of gigs you can get without a college degree, and believe it or not, Nuclear Power Plant Operator is one of them.
Yeah. Because of the technical nature of this job, in order to get in on this growing sector (expected to see a job increase of 17 percent by 2018), having a college degree does have its advantages, but high school graduates can apply. Most of the training is on-the-job and in classrooms provided by the plant. All you have to do is pass random drug and alcohol screens, a medical exam, maintain a license and take regular refresher courses.
Believe it or not, you also don't necessarily have to have a bachelor's degree to be a construction manager in order to handle overseeing a project and scheduling, coordinating and hiring contractors.
But the one that will really blow your mind is the fact that just about anyone with enough flight time and aircraft knowledge can be an airline pilot. While commercial airlines require some college education and tend to favor former Air Force and Navy pilots because of their experience, lots of smaller companies will take flyboys without a higher degree.
Yeah. Because of the technical nature of this job, in order to get in on this growing sector (expected to see a job increase of 17 percent by 2018), having a college degree does have its advantages, but high school graduates can apply. Most of the training is on-the-job and in classrooms provided by the plant. All you have to do is pass random drug and alcohol screens, a medical exam, maintain a license and take regular refresher courses.
Believe it or not, you also don't necessarily have to have a bachelor's degree to be a construction manager in order to handle overseeing a project and scheduling, coordinating and hiring contractors.
But the one that will really blow your mind is the fact that just about anyone with enough flight time and aircraft knowledge can be an airline pilot. While commercial airlines require some college education and tend to favor former Air Force and Navy pilots because of their experience, lots of smaller companies will take flyboys without a higher degree.
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KingdomNow 2011/08/16 12:39:51
Which is an indication that they might be competent enough to get by in corporate America.
i checked NO .......... someone fix this.... good thing it insnt a election ballot
One of my friends wanted to enter the nuclear physics field but by the time he left college there were hundreds of Russian nuclear scientists with decades of experience willing to work for food. He's a carpenter now.
I once gave a clearance to a pilot on a marginal IFR day (I've been in the air traffic industry since 1980) and suggested he remain on the ground until a storm passed. The pilot informed me that he had to fly his employer and other passengers to another airport about half an hour away by a certain time or lose his job. The next call I got was from the control tower reporting a fire at the end of the runway -The jet had crashed, killing all aboard.
Stress is having to risk your life at the whim of others to keep your $75K a year job. The pilot died along with his passengers because they wanted to save an hour of travel time so badly that they ignored the strong recommendations of an air traffic controller.
Note: Any pilot could choose to fly at their own discretion, depending on the airspace.
I think there needs to generally be more vocational training not everybody is capable or suitable for degrees.
A college degree, in fact, doesn't really give me any clear idea that someone is qualified to be a pilot or plant operator - I don't remember classes in either when I went to college.
I bet my Mexican plumber would love to work there! I bet he even knows a few words in English! He works cheap too!
You often have to go to school for YEARS in order to get one.
Nursing often requires a year or two.
I currently hold a CMT (massage) from California.
I also have a Class IV Water Purification Certification, the highest you could get in the country during the 1990's. (I retired out.) First, you need 5 years working as an assistant in a major water plant, before you can even test and certify.
It does not matter if you have a college degree, although it helps with the chemistry and electric engineering knowledge. Normally, it takes almost 12 years to get certified. So...you do not need but a high school diploma...but you also get something that is beyond a normal college education when done.
The same goes for professional airlines pilots. It usually involves a career in the airforce 1st, which can take a decade. You cannot just waltz in and pass a test...it requires certifying time in certain kinds of aircraft first.
On the other hand, those going into corporate American jobs or government sector do need college degrees. Interesting about the power plant operator.
Colonel Charles E. McGee, USAF, Retired
Maj General Charles Yeager, USAF, Retired
I prefer military that saves lives instead of using something so horrible that your skin just burns right off. Its like being burned at the stake but dying takes weeks or months.
How do you like your steak?
For an extra $5 you get a tiny plastic cooling tower. Act now and they will include some free skull and crossbones signs to stay away from your nuclear waste pits
Same thing with a pilot. Their balance, equilibrium, depth perception, peripheral vision and coordination are vital. Ability to multitask and attention to detail, combined with hands on training all add to the pilot's education. That, combined with skill, is what makes a pilot a pilot, not a course in History of Eastern Europe or whatever general studies are required for a degree. From what I've heard, by the time someone has qualified as an airline pilot, he or she has spent more time in the seat, with hands on the yoke, than most four-year students have in a classroom.