Originally Posted by
meyers9163
It should have been a requirement all along..... At least a 2 year degree. To get this industry back to where it needs the 18 year old High School graduate whom never has had a job before and barely has 200 hours and a CMEL wet need not to be going straight into a jet..... Just like many were opposed to young men going from High School to NBA or there's a minimum age on a college football player going into the NFL there are reasons for such... The high school to a jet jump takes a level of maturity and hopefully by going through college one has gain more of that..... Who knows... Rant over...
I couldn't agree more. It should at least be similar to getting hired as a police officer. Most departments require that you have at least have 60 credit hours, or an associates degree. It's about the maturity like you said. Granted, there are people that go to college and join the military that still don't mature, but it's the bigger picture here.
Even look at flight instruction. You can hardly teach pre-school without a college degree, so why should we allow someone right out of high school teach someone to pilot an aircraft?
If there is ever a time to change a standard, it's right now. There are so many qualified pilots with college degrees and thousands of hours of flight time on the street that there would be plenty of time for aspiring pilots to get degrees and gain experience before coming to the 121 world.