Originally Posted by
aileronjam
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.
I don’t know about it being the sole determining factor, but it is a major factor. They consider the lack of a degree a big negative mark, and there are still plenty of people available with what they are looking for. They may be passing up “potentially excellent candidates”, I’m sure that they are, but the ones that they decide to go with are also very good. Being that they consider a degree to be a big deal, and that we are not going to see a lack of good applicants with a degree for a while, the choice is up to the applicant. Get the degree or try to get hired somewhere else.