Woah, Woah. Philosophy IS NOT an easy discipline. Upper-level analytic philosophy courses are very difficult. Not to mention, we take logic as philosophy majors, which, at the intermediate and advanced levels is no easy endeavor. Analytic philosophy is, in fact, very mathematical. It requires the same kind of logical thinking that one uses in math. Going from analytic philosophy to calculus and beyond was an easy transition. There is an answer for everything in math(exceptions , of course). In philosophy, we're lucky to devise something solid once every 20 years. It's abstract thinking at every level. So, I'd be more than happy to go to flight school and have some one feed me facts and formulas. At least I know that x yields y at t instead of considering "if x is not born of free will, then x cannot have free will." After studying philosophy for 5 years, anything that they could throw at me in flight school would not be intimidating. Philosophy is a gym.