Originally Posted by
Waves
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.
I know a whole load of Delta pilots hired just right over these requirements. They come from one of two tracks, A. fighter guys and B. Friends and family. I just wanted to point out the difference between required and preferred as, like I said before, I've had it thrown in my face on more than one occasion during contract negotiations which have been almost continuous during the past ten years.