Masters Degree
01-14-2018 | 06:30 AM
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Masters Degree
I'm a few years from applying with the majors. I did my undergrad in civil engineering but was looking into a masters to help a future app.
1) How much does a masters degree help your application?
2) If the airline does care, what kind of degree/schools do they value?
1) How much does a masters degree help your application?
2) If the airline does care, what kind of degree/schools do they value?
01-14-2018 | 06:53 AM
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4.0 GPA. Aviation related.
YMMV.
01-14-2018 | 07:40 AM
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Yep I agree you don’t need one. Get a masters if you want one for something else but your time is better spent doing other things if your goal is to work as a pilot. Volunteer, job fairs, aviation experience and ratings, etc.
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01-14-2018 | 07:53 AM
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I don’t know how much it would benefit you in a few years. One might assume getting hired will be a little easier then. You already have a unique degree. I’d get the Masters if you think you would benefit from it aside from getting hired, but that’s just my .02. All other things equal, I do believe it helps at the moment but I think the environment is different now than it will be. Of the “young” people I know who got on relatively early, most were interns or have graduate degrees. I can pretty easily compare their current positions to those with the same resumes minus the advanced degree, and there’s more or less a common theme for who has and hasn’t been hired. Aside from the degree, everyone has all the usual stuff: networking, job fairs, new type ratings, volunteer work, etc. This is just my experience.
01-14-2018 | 07:57 AM
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It will add points to your app, on average it will buy you some additional seniority by getting called sooner. If you want one, or think you might need it for something else, go for it. If you're going to do it, do it now, and don't screw around with it. If you get hired at a legacy the month before you graduate you will have spent time and money with zero extra seniority to show for it.
If you're military and plan to participate in the reserves, it will be essentially mandatory for promotion.
If you're military and plan to participate in the reserves, it will be essentially mandatory for promotion.
01-14-2018 | 09:27 AM
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The time, effort, and money would be better spent improving your pilot skills and resume.
Not taking a 'better' job because it would interfere with your masters degree might be the biggest mistake. If you want to be a professional pilot focus on that.
A masters degree might help slightly. A weaker resume, to get a masters, doesn't.
A masters helps if you medical out.
Now in x years, if you're a young CKA, cranking out hours, mentoring others, working in the union or flight department, and have the extra brain power to go out and get a masters? Rock on!
As an add on it's a slight positive. When it reduces other areas of your resume the value might become questionable.
Not taking a 'better' job because it would interfere with your masters degree might be the biggest mistake. If you want to be a professional pilot focus on that.
A masters degree might help slightly. A weaker resume, to get a masters, doesn't.
A masters helps if you medical out.
Now in x years, if you're a young CKA, cranking out hours, mentoring others, working in the union or flight department, and have the extra brain power to go out and get a masters? Rock on!
As an add on it's a slight positive. When it reduces other areas of your resume the value might become questionable.
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