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Originally Posted by Tcoat
If you want to try to get into the Canadian military as a pilot go out and get an Engineering degree or some other applicable education before even trying or else they will laugh you out of the recruiting office.
Contrary to the advertising the available positions are extremely limited and the waiting list very, very, very long!
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This still makes me chuckle and fortunately an idea the U.S. Marines do not support. My degree? Political Science. Meanwhile, I watched people much "smarter" than me with all sorts of different engineering degrees either wash out of the program or Drop on Request (DOR). Desire, discipline, working hard and a willingness to learn is
WAY more important than a degree. Heck, General Chuck Yeager was just a "good ol' country boy".
About the only place in aviation (as a pilot) where an engineering degree makes sense to be a
requirement is that of a test pilot. This, of course, is only my opinion and probably doesn't count for much.