Originally Posted by
AZPilotMike
I am working on a degree and will finish for my own satisfaction,
It will provide more than than satisfaction in this business.
Originally Posted by
AZPilotMike
but there are lots of guys I know that are not even bothering with it,
Everybody I know who doesn't have it is working on it.
Originally Posted by
AZPilotMike
hoping to god that the demand is high enough that they won't be needed.
Best case they'll be bitter that they got hired about eight later years later than their college-grad peers. Worst case things slow down a bit, and they're stuck at the regional.
Majors jobs, especially legacy jobs, are highly sought after, highly compensated, low stress, respectable white collar jobs with lots of time off. The people you're competing with are not the nose-picker sitting next to you in the RJ. It's the fighter pilot with the weapons school patch, the LCA with the masters degree, the captain who runs a charity on her days off. People who don't have degrees are automatically in the last resort bucket for all of the best jobs.
Flow can bypass the degree requirement, assuming the flow keeps flowing. If you absolutely can't/won't get the degree, better sign up for flow.