Originally Posted by
snippercr
So the freight dawg who after high school, busted tables at 5.15/hour to save up for his commercial, finally landed that back side of the clock gig and now 10 years later, has about 5,000 hours and 4,000 ME PIC wouldn't be qualified for the job?
He would be grandfathered in.
But it wasn't a very good career plan. Sounds like he feels
entitled even though he did something against the advice of nearly every person who has flown for a living. A little reckless even. Going forward, who in their right mind does that anyways? These are the people we don't want speaking for us at the next contract negotiation.
Heck why require a High School diploma then?
Answer: We're talking about restoring the profession and we need to have a baseline education level, whether you study Basketweaving at Internet U, or went to State and studied engineering.
Originally Posted by
snippercr
Really? You think that a person who spent 4 years studying under water basket weaving will be a better pilot?
If it's that easy, then why all the fuss about making it a requirement?
And yes, the
average college grad is a better candidate to succeed in this profession versus one who is not. Notice I said
average...there are plenty of exceptional pilots without degrees, but they made their own bed, knowing full well the degree requirement has existed on and off throughout the modern history of Airline hiring. They also knew they would be competing for jobs against military pilots, 99% of which have a Bachelors, many with a Masters. Though like I said, if a rule was made in the future, they would have to be grandfathered in.