Could save a lot of money and time if you developed the pilot skills first and then did the commissioning with training afterwards. As for a degree, if either a science stream or an arts stream will suffice than neither is needed. To qualify to join the nuclear programme in the USN a degree in nuclear science is required. It is specific knowledge. What specific knowledge does a BA or a BSC supply to the craft of flying an aircraft other than demonstrating an ability to learn which can be ascertained in less than two weeks on a flight training programme via the very first examination. To add further, a degree programme provides 4 years of general knowledge very little of which (other than perhaps math) is applicable.They still haven’t convinced me a officer needs a degree. Nor have they convinced me a pilot needs to be a officer…

