The college system has changed significantly. Information used yo be concentrated in the hands a few. The internet gave the information to the masses. You can find information online to create and generate your own business and be very successful without a degree. Work for someone else and they demand you're in debt far exceeding their base pay to enslave you for 10-15 years; between a mortgage and student loans you need a job. Our generation was tricked into going to college being told it will all pay off when the inflated price of a degree is as simple as 3 months of internet research. Break the cycle of oppression the airlines are seeing you must change to meet the need of the industry. In this case hands on experience is more valuable than a degree. If a degree was really a sign of better understanding and a more intelligent individual; Airlines would then offer instead to pay individuals with a degree to take flight lessons. Cost efficient for 1,500 hours of hands on experience is significantly more relevant than a study of aviation law and the history of the Wright brothers. If you want to buy a piece of paper for 100,000-200,000 and offer an opinion to that justification for the peanuts you make in regionals - feel free. For the rest of us that understand compound interest of student loans and relevance of experience exceeding a piece of paper will keep that money to invest in better markets.