Originally Posted by
iahflyr
98% would be way too low. That would imply United has around 300 pilots without a 4 year college degree. That’s not true at all.
99.9% of our pilots having degrees is probably still too low. That would imply around 15 of our pilots don’t have a 4 year college degree.
My guess would be we have 5 or less pilots without a 4 year college degree. Most likely all of them have a 2 year degree. So your chances are less than 1 in a 1,000. Are you feeling lucky?
I strongly recommend go out and get a 4 year college degree.
Those were the officially published numbers for UAL in 2018 or 2019 I believe. 98% newhires had at least a 4 year degree, the 2% didn't.
There was also a curious addendum to that floating around, not sure if valid, that 99% of the applicants had a 4 year degree, which would mean that a random applicant without a degree has twice the chance of getting hired as a random applicant with a degree.