Originally Posted by
clandestine
Well F! Because of a mistake I made in youth affecting my initial GPA, a lesson that I learned, fixed, and moved on in life now will prevent me from ever competing for a job at Delta. And before anyone starts in on "well how bad could it be"... GPA = 0.4. Yes I transferred and graduated. Got a masters too. But that doesn't matter. I won't ever get to tell the story of why or what was learned. Something that was done 20 years ago and there is nothing on this green Earth I can do to change that. Doesn't matter what I've done since...type ratings, check airman, flew fighters in the AF...nothing matters but that damn GPA. Oh well...that's that I guess.
Well hell, you should kill yourself now.
If you don't apply the answer is no. I know more than a few folks who got hired with not so impressive GPAs/majors. The masters will help (that was what some of them concluded). All you can do is fill out your app spotlessly and count of them taking a big picture and then being able to talk about it in an interview. You obviously graduated with better than a 0.4....and got a masters. You might suck, but I wouldn't give up just because you had a crappy term or two. It will be apparent in your app that you overcame it.
As an aside, D also has the rep of being obsessed with speeding tickets. I was a little embarrassed how many I've accumulated over the years (7ish?). I got interviewed. Where I mentioned how I'd gotten another one between the invite and the actual interview (on base and therefore on no record they could pull, I'm pathologically honest). Far as I could ascertain, not a single F was given, by anyone.
Worry about what you can control. Past is past. I've met one or two fighter pilots at Delta, I think they like you guys.