Originally Posted by
Vital Signs
But they have that piece of paper so they must be Awesome.
I don’t doubt there’s a number of people out there without a degree who would show up on time, can fly the s#!t out of an airplane, are good to hang with on the road, and be thirilled to have the job!
Sadly, you won't get any traction on APC with that line of reasoning. Or in HR. This topic pops up annually and the result is always the same.
Curiously, during a time when it appears that there might actually be a (long predicted) pilot shortage, it seems tougher than ever to get an interview at UA. You'd think that perhaps the company would eagerly talk to any pilot who had rock solid flying resume, irrespective of his academics.
Some of the most bizarre (questionable ability, decision making and funky social skills) guys I've ever flown with were A+++ academics. And some of the most rock solid guys (same metrics as the A+++ crowd) had nothing more than an HS diploma and 10K+ hours of flying.
IMO, If a guy has enough on the ball to get an ATP on his own (speaking Non-Mil here since most MIL guys have a degree) and amass 10K of decent flight time, that ought to be enough of a measure of his ability and drive as a 4 yr humanities degree.