Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
This is a BS standard. What the airlines need to recognize is that a 3.0 GPA at some places is better than a near 4.0 at others. For example, an engineering degree obtained from one of the top 5 engineering schools in the country is a hard thing to do and grades are usually weighted to a class average of 3.0.......... This is hardly a fair comparison to someone who went to Podunk community college and got a perfect 4.0 because classes there are super easy. In high school I had a 3.95 graduating GPA with a SAT score of 1350 (back when max was 1600) but I chose to attend a top notch engineering program and ended up barely 3.0 graduating.
Oh, I know, I am in the same boat as you. My engineering classes GPA from a top school was around 2.0 ish, the only thing holding me up was that in my gen-ed classes, I had nothing less than an A. So I ended up with a 2.6. I took two 300 level business courses as part of my major, didn't attended one lecture, only came for the exams, and got an A in both classes. If you can get through a technical degree in college, you can get through any airline training.