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Age when applying/hired @ Regionals
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 142
..or he/she is pursuing an online degree while flying for the regionals. Just another possibility since I know a few people that have done this.
#23
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2009
Posts: 86
He may or may not be bitter. When you talk to pilots that had resumes in to the majors around 1997-2001 they have all those stories about UAL and USAir and how it worked. Of course it can go both ways, some places one probably had no chance if they were female or minority.
#24
I think degrees are completely over rated. Play the whole "well it shows committment and a willingness to pursue something". Like being a professional pilot isn't hard enough? 20k a year starting out is enough for dedication. I think when the hiring starts in 3-5 years, they wont give a rats behind about a degree. What does it change in the cockpit? Absoutely nothing.
#25
I wonder how things would have been different if the regionals required a four year degree?
#26
Originally Posted by f16jetmech
I think when the hiring starts in 3-5 years, they wont give a rats behind about a degree.
#27
Hardly working....
Joined APC: Jun 2011
Position: A-320
Posts: 21
Matter of fact a few weeks ago we had a Delta jumpseater and were talking about Delta preferences. He mentioned that when mass retirements happen there probably won't be enough qualified applicants with a four year degree. So it will become highly recommended but not required.
I do have a four year degree and guess what? It does not make me a better pilot. It is just a piece of paper that cost me an extra 10 grand that I am paying it off now.
#28
You're right...but that's basically what is implied with "they won't give a rat's behind about a degree".
No, it doesn't. Like I said upthread, a degree will be used as a screening tool, much like total time, an ATP, a FEX written or a certain number of turbine PIC time.
There's no need to remove having a bachelor's degree as a basic requirement so long as vacancies can be filled with pilots meeting said requirement...and there won't be any shortage of qualified pilots who have a 4 year degree wanting to work for "better" operators like Delta, FedEx, SWA, UPS, etc. well into the future, even after "mass retirements" begin.
IMO, anybody betting their career progression on retirements causing major/legacy airlines to drop a degree requirement best start preparing themselves for a major let-down...
Does a four year degree improves your flying skills and your experience??
There's no need to remove having a bachelor's degree as a basic requirement so long as vacancies can be filled with pilots meeting said requirement...and there won't be any shortage of qualified pilots who have a 4 year degree wanting to work for "better" operators like Delta, FedEx, SWA, UPS, etc. well into the future, even after "mass retirements" begin.
IMO, anybody betting their career progression on retirements causing major/legacy airlines to drop a degree requirement best start preparing themselves for a major let-down...
#29
I think degrees are completely over rated. Play the whole "well it shows committment and a willingness to pursue something". Like being a professional pilot isn't hard enough? 20k a year starting out is enough for dedication. I think when the hiring starts in 3-5 years, they wont give a rats behind about a degree. What does it change in the cockpit? Absoutely nothing.
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