College degree.
04-07-2015, 05:21 AM
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I would say in the near future 3-4 years a college degree will be the last thing the legacy or LCCs will require. If you are contemplating on going to college or not I would at least start on some online degree like UVU. You don't want to be left on the sidelines because you guessed wrong.
04-07-2015, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Ray Red
I would say in the near future 3-4 years a college degree will be the last thing the legacy or LCCs will require. If you are contemplating on going to college or not I would at least start on some online degree like UVU. You don't want to be left on the sidelines because you guessed wrong.
04-07-2015, 05:49 AM
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Many airlines have officially done away with the requirement... But much like flight times, there is the minimum required, and the actual competitive minimums. I still think we are years away from a college degree not being looked at, it could happen though.
04-07-2015, 06:12 AM
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Regionals don't care about a degree, just a pulse and an ATP. Majors have tens of thousands of apps on file and do require or highly desire a degree. You'd be at a huge disadvantage without one. It doesn't have to be a $100,000 certificate from ERAU or one of the other pilot factories. Any degree from a properly accredited school will check the box. Ideally, it's best to have a degree in a real field completely unrelated to aviation that you can actually use during your eventual furlough at some point in your career.
04-07-2015, 06:50 AM
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I think a degree is more of a requirement than what the posting says, but they don't want to exclude people that don't hsve one but have something very desirable to make up for it like being a sim instructor or former military or Check airmen (although there's plenty of those). I would count on needing it for a very long time because there are so many apps, there isn't a pilot shortage at mainline level. Also it's a wise idea to have a degree as a backup God forbid you lose your medical.
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