Originally Posted by
Learflyer
Seems like higher education (MBA, JD, etc) and things
outside of aviation nowadays seems to trump ambassadorship to the profession such as due paying, CP, Check Airman, PIC time and longevity.
The people from my company that left and went to DAL/UAL/AK etc and had me scratching my head about what the above airlines were thinking all had one thing in common: Lots of outside degrees and just barely enough aviation experience. Just saying.
The degrees, volunteering, community service etc seems to be more valuable than actual aviation experience.
At some point the airplane still needs to be flown. Safely.
Hm. Perhaps it's not them but it's you? We work at the same place. I know the same people and they were all qualified enough to get the job and quite frankly almost all of them are good people and good pilots. Judging by all your posts about job fairs, degrees, volunteer work and what not it sounds like it's more of a personal thing vs the airlines are screwed up in their hiring practices... Perhaps you should tell them that in person at the next job fair eh? 😉