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Old 05-28-2019 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by VisionWings
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.
A few things...

Bottom line, airlines want a white-collar culture in their pilot ranks, the pilots (especially the CA's) are often the adult supervision in the room out on line where everyone else is minimum wage with (maybe) a HS degree... and (literally) a couple Billion $ on the line with each flight. You can fit into that culture, airlines can and do hire a few folks without degrees but they don't want that to be the norm. You'll see more of it, at least for a while, in the near future.

Getting a degree is just how you play the game in this day and age, and they want team players who have some competitive edge. If you're looking to be a rugged individualist and go your own way, either do it in another sector of aviation, or do it on your days off... you can wear long sleeves, just have to pass on the neck and face tats. Although there's always henna.

Also... because they can. If they have 6,000 apps on file and are hiring 30, they can pick plenty of folks who have the degree AND plenty of aviation creds and experience.

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