Does college mean anything to the airlines?
 

I am going on my finale year at a community college and I am just curious is it even worth it to go for another two years?

Double post

It is. I wouldn't be too anxious to leave school just yet. ;)

To the regionals? No. As long as you have 1500 hours, that's all they care about.

To the majors? Yes. Even if you somehow managed to get hired without a degree, it would more than likely be at the end of the hiring wave, after all the more qualified candidates have been hired.

I never finished college and it limited my employment opportunity in the Major airline industry...But, I would say I have had a more successful career than most...I've been a widebody captain flying all over the world since my 20s...I never relied on my employer for retirement, so I've invested wisely...The pilot group I fly with for the most part is outstanding and a pleasure to fly with. My company is like all the others and think pilots are a commodity and not a profession. We're not fighting about seniority numbers or which merged airline bought who...I'm lucky...And that's all....finish college because it's now the new high school diploma.

Compass is really big on education, and GPA. More now than before. I can only think of a handful of guys hired without a 4-yr, or with a GPA below 3.0.

I think the trend is toward an emphasis in education, even at the regionals.

A very simplified way to look at it is that airlines pick the most qualified of applicants they have apply to them.

What matters is how your resume stands up compared to your competition. When thousands of people are applying for hundreds of jobs, you have to stand out. If you don't have something big like that when most of your competition does, you're not going to get picked first, if at all.

You're spending the next 30 years of your life at a regional airline and their requirements never mention a college degree. It doesn't matter what a mainline wants, you and 90% of everyone else aren't getting there anyway.

If you really want in this garbage career get your seniority number at crap regional X and hopefully someday you'll get weekends off.

Lol tell us how you really feel

Right until your regional shuts down because it has too many lifers and thus is too expensive... regionals as a career is a poor choice in this day and age.