Originally Posted by
TrojanCMH
The airlines don't view an online degree that you got when you were 40 the same as a brick and mortar university that you completed right out of high school. It isn't just checking a box anymore, they ask for transcripts. I'd save your time and money and try to get on somewhere that doesn't require it. The regionals have flows and the ULCC's can offer a decent QOL. United and American don't require it but you're fighting an uphill battle.
The people in charge of hiring at US majors have a culture and demographic that they want to protect. A degree and an ATP by 23 says that you came from the right neighborhood. They do not want the lower classes working their way up into jobs reserved for upper middle class frat boys. Different life experience and political views could possible rock the boat and no one wants that.