Originally Posted by
dodgerk
Delta specifically wrote on my resume, in red pen, at a job fair that I attended my university and didn't go online.
I was also asked in my interview about why I chose my school. I loved this question because I loved my college experience. Everyone has their circumstances, but if you are in it for the long term I recommend attending a university the old school way. Good luck!
I have a REALLY hard time believing your story, but even if this did happen, it won't make a difference because a degree is a degree and IF you're a white male like 95% of all airline pilots you are STILL going to be hired after the female FO with 1000 sic and the half samoan/half african american that may only come with an associate's degree.
Point is, the old fart born in 1934 that wrote that stuff in red is going to retire too eventually, and the day will come (sooner than you think) when majors won't require the 4 year degree because they too will realize they won't be able to afford to be picky and/or weed out candidates by their degrees because they will need pilots and badly in the next 5-10 years.
American Airlines is already accepting flows with nothing but GEDs, hell, they even advertise it in writing, "flow to AA, no college degree required".
Work experience, life experience and a combination of total time in 121 should and will eventually become a more acceptable standard when you walk into an interview.
Remember when regionals were able to be super picky about who they hired and would only accept you with 3500 TT, a 4 year college degree and a min of 1000 hours of multi? What do you think will happen at the major level eventually?