This is becoming more and more clear to me, at least in my case. Over and over, interview after interview, in the end I am seen as having no real transferable job skills. I have been told this point blank, several times for different positions from management to support - with salaries paying what I make now or lower, as a 3 year regional FO. It has proven to be extremely frustrating trying to get a job outside the cockpit. My degree is a BS in aviation management. At the time, I thought the management part would be enough of a backup. In my case at least, this is proving to not be true. I've almost resigned myself over to going back and getting a different degree.

I've tried my best to convey what the job actually entails - we are inflight managers and decision makers. Yet in the end they still think we really are just bus drivers in the sky.

Edit: Just saw the post above mine. USMC - this is what boggles me. I too hear of so many former pilots moving on to fantastic careers outside the cockpit - yet I'm hitting wall after wall. It's either due to 'lack of experience' (in jobs that would be pieces of cake!) or unrelated job skills/education. I think in the end it's my degree that has done me in. I should have pursued a 100% non aviation related degree.

It looks like I may medical out soon (won't go into it here - but so far the FAA is not giving good vibes...) so I'm going to have to get something going quickly!