<p>I noticed there are engineering positions for airlines like Delta, Allegiant, Southwest, United, etc. that require a 4-year BS in engineering.</p>
<p>Anyone intern/work in an engineering position for the airlines?</p>
<p>How's the pay and job security?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I (a HS senior going into CS) was actually thinking about this the other day. I looked at a bunch of college websites and saw where their students were hired, and a good number of them work for the airlines. I don’t know how good the pay is, but from my impression, the job security is probably pretty decent considering that airlines aren’t going anywhere soon, unless some genius develops teleportation via quantum entanglement 
The worst thing that can probably happen is getting bought out by American Airlines.</p>
<p>Long distance air travel won’t decline, but I can see regional air travel taking a hit, with people opting for the cheaper rail or bus.</p>
<p>Another 20-30 dollars increase on a barrel of oil and airlines will return to their role as transportation for weddings and funerals only, as they were for decades due to cost.</p>
<p>We know a guy who is working for Boeing with a dual major in EE & Aeronautical Engineering. Not aware of any of S’s classmates who got engineering jobs with airlines. Somehow that field seems pretty cyclical, especially with bankruptcies.</p>
<p>Regional airlines are already taking a hit with the closing of many of their control towers. I found regional airports a viable/cost effective transportation alternative to the larger international airports but take away the control tower and suddenly I’m reluctant to trust my life to verbal communication between overtired pilots. No eyes on the sky leaves a lot to chance. Suddenly a 9hr car ride seems less daunting then a 90minute flight @ the same rate- gas vs airfare.</p>
<p>Due to the nature of the airline industry how everything is constantly fluctuating: pilots getting furloughed, regional airlines like Comair are shutting down, bankruptcy, airlines buying one another, and how ticket prices vary with oil prices, I was wondering how the engineering department is affected during all of this. </p>
<p>Because airlines are cheap to their employees (they have to be due to the nature of the industry), could engineers possibly make less than the national average? </p>
<p>If pilots are constantly losing their jobs and airlines are going bankrupt and bought out in this unpredictable market, could the engineering division have poor job security as well? </p>
<p>These were the questions that caught my attention…</p>