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Alchemy · March 27th, 2005, 13:41

I have the opposite problem from most of you....I'm 22 (hired 2 months before my 22nd birthday) but most people think I'm in my 30's when I'm in uniform (and no I'm not balding...yet). I believe I was the fourth youngest pilot on the ExpressJet seniority list until old AlaskaAirlines came over, hehehe. Regarding college, I did 90 hrs worth of work at a traditional style university before I gave that up to come here. With that much work done I can afford to take 1 or 2 classes per semester online and have it wrapped up in a year or two.

College just didn't do much for me, because I could not find something that I was truly interested in reading about and studying for 8 hours a day other than aviation. I changed majors 4 times before I left for the airlines. In retrospect I'd have to reccomend that everyone stay in school until they finish if they can tolerate it. Also, you should make the decision on where you want to go to school with a specific goal in mind, don't just go somewhere because your family wants you to.

To me, the "college experience" wasn't something that I enjoyed, the whole thing was a lot of work and stress, but it's necessary to get a degree if you want to get anywhere. In my opinion the easiest way to do that is to ger your AP credit in High School, then attend a brick and mortar university and knock it out in 3 or 4 years.

I ended up dissapointing my family quite a bit by failing to earn a degree from our "legacy" school, but you can't please everyone! Doug is doing the responsible thing with this website by encouraging everyone to finish school before they join the labor force. There's really no hurry, by the time you retire, I doubt you'll care much that you started working 2 years earlier!

March 27th, 2005, 13:41	#29
Alchemy Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 1,793	Re: Youngest crew? I have the opposite problem from most of you....I'm 22 (hired 2 months before my 22nd birthday) but most people think I'm in my 30's when I'm in uniform (and no I'm not balding...yet). I believe I was the fourth youngest pilot on the ExpressJet seniority list until old AlaskaAirlines came over, hehehe. Regarding college, I did 90 hrs worth of work at a traditional style university before I gave that up to come here. With that much work done I can afford to take 1 or 2 classes per semester online and have it wrapped up in a year or two. College just didn't do much for me, because I could not find something that I was truly interested in reading about and studying for 8 hours a day other than aviation. I changed majors 4 times before I left for the airlines. In retrospect I'd have to reccomend that everyone stay in school until they finish if they can tolerate it. Also, you should make the decision on where you want to go to school with a specific goal in mind, don't just go somewhere because your family wants you to. To me, the "college experience" wasn't something that I enjoyed, the whole thing was a lot of work and stress, but it's necessary to get a degree if you want to get anywhere. In my opinion the easiest way to do that is to ger your AP credit in High School, then attend a brick and mortar university and knock it out in 3 or 4 years. I ended up dissapointing my family quite a bit by failing to earn a degree from our "legacy" school, but you can't please everyone! Doug is doing the responsible thing with this website by encouraging everyone to finish school before they join the labor force. There's really no hurry, by the time you retire, I doubt you'll care much that you started working 2 years earlier!