As far as I understand it they'll be preferring a 4 year degree and lowering the preferred total time to a more "competitive number more in line with other carriers". So, yes.

Wow, thanks!


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I'm running into more and more pilots wondering when airlines are going to drop the 4 year degree. Just get one! Deep down I don't necessarily believe that a 4yr degree makes you successful or not in life but if you got into this career you knew that the good jobs required a degree.

I can't imagine why any major would want pilots with less than 3K, unless they have 2K of fighter time. Typical for civilians seems more like 5K-9K these days.

Does 2000 hours of fighter time make someone better at flying a 737 with another pilot, than say, someone who has been flying regional jets for 2000 hours?

Not everyone has $100,000 to **** away on student loans for a degree in basket weaving. I agree, If you have the time and money then by all means get a degree and educate yourself in something besides aviation. Anything, business, computers, management, etc. That being said. A degree never helped me land a large jet in a 30kt crosswind in a snowstorm at night. But apparently the airlines don't care. They want a degree over flight time and or experience. I'm sure their passengers would love to know that when the chips are down and the weather sucks that you have a 1,500 wonder boy in the right seat with a degree in Psychology.

Luckily in my state, you can stay at home and earn a degree from the state college in town for about $30K if you did nothing but take out loans, so the $100K seems a bit rich for a standard psychology degree.

Not necessarily in every case. But the lowest common denominator is MUCH higher in fighters than in RJ's, so it's more of a known quantity. The RJ guy will have a an advantage in 121 knowledge and perhaps crew coordination (but fighters rarely fly solo, their buddy is just 30+ feet away instead of three feet away). Fighter pilots are almost assuredly on the accomplished and motivated end of the personality spectrum, while regional pilots are all over the map on that.

Also fighter time is almost all busy time. 2000 hours in an RJ really means maybe 500 hours of flying and 1500 hours of USA today.

What a ridiculous argument. If you want to make arguments like that, I'd say that by skipping a 4-yr college degree you got a 4-yr headstart in an industry that is based on seniority. (As in you already leaped the rest of us 4 yrs with that gamble of a headstart).

Just get the degree. It's not 100k unless you want it to be. You can get it online and a fairly decent low cost.

Plus, a 2000 hr fighter jet time means an entire career in the military. Fighter jet time doesn't add up that quick, or even close to how quick civilian RJ time adds up as.