Expert: Ismar Avdic, Eng. - 9/25/2004

Question
hi, i'm in grade 11 right now and my grades aren't that good. my GPA was 2.2 on the last report. My dream is to become a pilot. i want to know what is the grade point average you have to get so that you could go to university. (in the GPA form please, 2.2, 3.2...) could you please tell me also some of the good universities that i could go to so i could become a pilot? do i have to take physics so i could go to the university? And also :).. is a pilot career in your opinion good or not? THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! :)  

Answer
Tom!
Grades are very important in an college education, because every pilot have to be able to understand and apply the principles of physics. Physics is extremely important for pilots and yes down the road you will have to grasp the understanding the general physics concepts, but again nobady do not expect from you to be an space scientist. But the understaining is critical and mandatory.
Pilot career is the best career that an peron can achieve during the his lifetime in my opinion. What better feeling you can have at 30,000 feet in your own office in the cockpit of an airliner between two continents, flying the speeds close the speed of sound. There is no better job on the planet.
Good Luck with schooling
Ismar