Getting hired with an associates degree?
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 146
So there's a 0% chance of me getting on with United???
College- 2 years. (Finishing PPL during College)
ATP Academy- 1 1/2 to 2 years.
Regional there after.
Should I basically aim to go to Envoy and flow?
I'm secretly (please don't judge) I secretly hope Mesa pulls their act together and treats pilots better by time I get in. Houston base, United, and E175s. But if not...SkyWest in DEN hopefully.
Then onto United.
My apologies if I stole this thread from the original poster. I rather chime in than start a new thread.
I appreciate all the nice people helping us.
College- 2 years. (Finishing PPL during College)
ATP Academy- 1 1/2 to 2 years.
Regional there after.
Should I basically aim to go to Envoy and flow?
I'm secretly (please don't judge) I secretly hope Mesa pulls their act together and treats pilots better by time I get in. Houston base, United, and E175s. But if not...SkyWest in DEN hopefully.
Then onto United.
My apologies if I stole this thread from the original poster. I rather chime in than start a new thread.
I appreciate all the nice people helping us.
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 4,671
UAL has "accepted" pilots via the CPP without a degree, and few actually have been formally hired. But that's a whole different deal.
The landscape could be VASTLY DIFFERENT by then.
#25
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2017
Posts: 29
Pilot with A&P
Even in the Ag world there is now a separation between pilots and mechanics. Flying million and half dollar airplanes and working on them is two very different careers. I know a lot of operators now think the mindset is different and won't like a pilot/mechanic.
#26
Student01,
This issue is a hardy perennial here. If you want to be a professional pilot AT A MAJOR OR LEGACY, get your 4-year degree. Yes, you can be a pilot and fly professionally without it, but you are limiting your options badly. A degree for a major or legacy is worth WAY more than a maintenance background.
This issue is a hardy perennial here. If you want to be a professional pilot AT A MAJOR OR LEGACY, get your 4-year degree. Yes, you can be a pilot and fly professionally without it, but you are limiting your options badly. A degree for a major or legacy is worth WAY more than a maintenance background.
#27
I had an Associates Degree and was hired at one of the best 121 Supplemental carriers at the time. I was happy and fully expected to retire from that airline. It went bust and guess what. All the PIC, heavy, international experience couldn't get me in the door. I finished my degree and was happy I did.
With computer scored applications, a human may never know that you even applied. It's so easy for HR to tell the computer to kick out any application that doesn't have a 4 year degree.
With computer scored applications, a human may never know that you even applied. It's so easy for HR to tell the computer to kick out any application that doesn't have a 4 year degree.
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