Degree required
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,273
You’re just starting out so just go to a American wholly owned and flow. Better off doing that than getting into debt to buy a degree. There are so many peeps who have the degree and yet they don’t get called. Why would you be any different? But there are some people who get hired without TPIC nor a degree. So I’ll stick to my advice to not get a degree.
#23
You need to get a college degree. Do not listen to people on this board who say otherwise. They don’t talk to the recruiters who are in charge of hiring. You can obtain your ratings now and finish your college degree online. Many universities will give you a large amount of credit for your flight training.
#25
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 6,008
#27
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Window seat
Posts: 5,205
Someone posted a stat that UA had hired 3 non degree guys in the previous 1800. 1:600. I’d laugh at anyone who thinks they’re in the top 0.17% so they don’t need a college degree. For a pilot at the Big 3 that means they’d be in the top 25 applicants on their seniority list.
That’s laughable if someone thinks they’re a top 0.17% candidate. People thinking that don’t deserve to be hired based on their hubris alone.
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#28
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,465
Mainline needs fresh bodies, a flow is the cheapest and easiest way to get them.
#29
Their problem is not getting bodies to mainline cheaply and easily
Their problem is getting bodies period to the commuters, and keeping them for a while. Promise them a mainline job later if the fly the RJ's now... works every time.
You're correct that if there was ever a time to roll the dice on no degree, this is it. But there's still some risk.
#30
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2016
Position: A320
Posts: 195
Their problem is not getting bodies to mainline cheaply and easily
Their problem is getting bodies period to the commuters, and keeping them for a while. Promise them a mainline job later if the fly the RJ's now... works every time.
You're correct that if there was ever a time to roll the dice on no degree, this is it. But there's still some risk.
Their problem is getting bodies period to the commuters, and keeping them for a while. Promise them a mainline job later if the fly the RJ's now... works every time.
You're correct that if there was ever a time to roll the dice on no degree, this is it. But there's still some risk.
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