Originally Posted by
Itsajob
I didn’t say that. I was repeating what pilots who are currently involved in the hiring process have told me. Like others have mentioned, considering the ease and affordability of online education, they view those without a degree as lazy, lacking discipline, or not wanting to do what is expected of them. The odds of an applicant successfully completing the interview process and gaining employment at United without a degree seem to be remote at best. If United is where you want to work, get a degree. If it isn’t then don’t worry about it.
I didn’t say you said that... That’s why I asked the question.... to clarify what you were saying.
All that being said, to have interviewers use the “degree” as the sole indicator as to whether someone can “play by the rules” or “complete a life goal”... they are being lazy themselves in not looking for other ways to determine those human traits. They are potentially passing up excellent pilots/people who might far exceed the qualities of their counterparts with the “degree”.
We used to require people to be no more than 30 years old to be hired. We used to require 20/20 uncorrected vision to be hired. Those criteria were modified because they were determined to be weeding out potentially excellent candidates.
I know what the rules are today... just stating an opinion as to why I think they should be altered.