Originally Posted by
MikeF16
A 4 year degree is like the former SWA type-rating requirement, it will remain until it is no longer sustainable. As long as the airlines have an adequate pool of qualified applicants with a 4 year degree then the degree requirement won't go anywhere. As soon as they can't fill cockpits, then I'd expect the degree requirement to vanish much like the SWA 737 type rating requirement.
I agree with you. For the record I don't see Delta dropping the degree requirement anytime soon. I do think they should as a pure requirement as there are some good guys out there without one and they are missing out on them and that's Delta's loss.