Originally Posted by
Freighthotdog
Seems like the degree, volunteer work, letters of recommendation and job fairs are the golden way in. They know you know how to fly an airplane, so time really isn’t that important compared to some other things mentioned. I know a guy who got a job offer with a few checkride failures and only 1000 pic due to the things mentioned above. But again that’s pre COVID.
Off-the-street at any top-tier (or second tier) major will require the degree with very few, very rare, very exceptional exceptions. If you don't have one, now might be the time to get one while things are quiet.
Those other whole-person factors are important too.
And it's obviously going to be a pretty tough market for a while once hiring resumes.