Originally Posted by
8Lpearlchannel
How is a 3.9 GPA business degree from a "top 10 ranked public university" relevant to operating a commercial airliner?
Whether you like it or not, airlines must clearly find better results with those candidates coming from aviation universities... or they would not be offering these bonuses. Aside from the actual flying, an aviation degree might also include curriculum in advanced aerodynamics, meteorology, human factors, flight physiology, aviation law... heck, even interpersonal communication. These are all subjects chosen to groom a well-rounded professional pilot and the results show.
Right now there are far fewer students enrolling in these types of courses. If airlines want to keep hiring from these universities, they will have to show some incentive to future prospects.
NEWS FLASH......Your fancy $80,000 aviation degree does not make you a better pilot than me or anybody else. Period. In fact I'll even go out on a limb and say my 1,000 hours of dual given has done more to make me a better pilot than any stupid class on aviation law, or human factors, or interpersonal communication.
I took the same exact FAA exams that everybody else takes, and am held to the same exact standard everybody else is held to. So why then am I worth less pay?
Just to make it clear, I have nothing against university aviation programs, none whatsoever. My problem is with the double standard.