Become A Airline Pilot Or Aircraft Engineer?

Bo Perham: why limit yourself to just those? how bout a good old mechanic. pilots are just glorified bus drivers if you're flying with the airlines. engineers usually only work on one particular part of the aircraft. mechanics do it all! if you work in a small general aviation shop, you can fix em, mod em with a 337, then fly em when your done. now that's job satisfaction. i'm a mechanic, and almost have my pilots license. sure, it won't pay as much as some pilots, but it's on par with engineering pay. i go to at minimum five schools per year, all over the country, and get to work on some of the most advanced aircraft in the world. hard to ask for more. but... if you are going to choose between pilot, and engineer, i would have to say go forth and be a pilot, it's more exciting, and you'll be at the tip of the sword so to speak, instead of in the back round. pilots always get the glory, that's just how it is. good luck!!!...Show more

Rosann Mccomb: The! re are several paths you can take. Starting early you should take mathematics and take a good ground school. The ground school will tell you more about being a pilot and maybe even get someone to take you up in a private aircraft for a little while. That will be fun and give you more idea if you want to pursue that. If you want to design aircraft you should become an Aerospace Engineer. Many universities offer that program and it isn't hard to find. All engineering requires strong backgrounds in mathematics and it is better if you start that as early as you can. The best aircraft designers are pilots and it isn't hard to get a private pilot's license. It is a bit pricey though which is why you should at least take and complete the ground school portion since that is less expensive but will teach you quite a lot about flying.If you want to fly large aircraft for the commercials, one of the best ways to get that training, since it is very expensive is to fly for the m! ilitary first. Again, better to take the engineering path but! then join the military. The Air Force teaches you to fly and many of the pilots leave after 6 or 8 years to fly with the airlines....Show more

Carter Edstrom: An aeronautical engineer does not fairly do the fingers on mantenance on airplane, that might be a mantenance engineer or airframe & powerplant mechanic within the U.S.. And sure, you'll be able to teach as a pilot and mechanic while, despite the fact that just for small airplane. Heavy jets had committed pilots and committed mechanics. If you are inclined to fly small planes then it is attainable, i do know a couple of pilot/a&playstation that ferry in every single place the arena. Big jets, no longer attainable....Show more