Originally Posted by
DALMD88FO
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that your wife is a Delta Flight Attendant. Are you sure that a Bachelor's degree was a requirement for employment? I know that every time we have contract negotiations I have a flight attendant say something in line with "Well I have a Bachelor's degree and I don't get paid what I'm worth" and when I ask if it was a requirement to get hired I get the same answer....NO. And I'm not talking about new hires either. Sometimes people get confused with a requirement and something that makes you more competitive but not a requirement for the job. I know it hasn't been a requirement in the 10 short, yeah right, years I've been here.
You are correct on both accounts. I don't believe it was ever a hard requirement (when I see her again, I will ask my wife if it was required or just preferred) , but until recently, without a 4 year degree, they just didn't get hired. There are certainly exceptions to this. A good friend of ours was an 87 hire and she only had 2 years of college. She was/is very beautiful, so there ya go.
DAL Flight Time Requirements - Minimum of 1,200 hours of total documented flight time
- Minimum of 1,000 hours of fixed wing turboprop or turbofan time
Know anyone at DAL who got hired with these hours. I sure don't. So is it a requirement to have more? Symantics perhaps. but I would say the minumum requirements to get hired are more like 3000 to 4000 hours. Military guys can get hired with less, but that is because of their training, short but intense sorties, and the fact that flight time logged is only when the wheels are in the air.
But again, you are technically correct.