Originally Posted by Gunfighter

I put my money on Naval Academy. The Delta uniform is a dead giveaway. Do I win a prize?

Originally Posted by Buck Rogers

Cornbeef


Dude, really....look up "sarcasm"....Academy ?????

Look up my original post. Did I ever state that the majority of pilots had on-line degrees? You have missed the boat if that is what you think my position was.....maybe that's why you started with the insult, "Your logic it flawed again.... the majority of pilots don’t have online degrees."

You must have misinterpreted my original post

Originally Posted by ChecklistMonkey

I wholeheartedly disagree with the premise of your post. If your goal is Delta and you have an opportunity to be management(assuming flight time requirements met), there is no way it would be hamstringing yourself if you didn't take it. Why wouldn't you take it? Even a miserable management job is a huge resume booster as long as you can talk about lessons learned and how it improved you. Obviously there are reasons not to take that job but saying it won't help you at all is completely incorrect.

Same goes with a master's. It is possible to get an online master's that may interest you and devote time to the charity on your choice. If you have the time and you're thinking of doing it, do it. Even if you have to take a short break from your charity. Having a master's and volunteering at a charity is better than having one or the other.

Originally Posted by MOGuy

Thanks for the reply. It’s actually something I’m interested and in a field I can apply to my current job as well as open opportunities down the road if by some off chance I did not make it to the legacies or lost a medical. It is with an accredited aviation university, the same one where I obtained my “brick-and-mortar” B.S. degree. Two years ago I was at this same crossroad and decided not to start it. Had I done so I wouldn’t even be here asking. Now I’m at that crossing again and my thought is that I could make the mistake I did a few years back or fast forward two years from now and not have to still be wondering “what if?”.

Good input from everyone. It’s a tricky thing to navigate. Many of us were coming out with new wings and a license to learn at the tail end of the crash and the paths to a major weren’t as clear cut as they are now for a freshly minted CFI.

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Originally Posted by m3113n1a1

The way I did it is the best and only way. Everyone should do as I did.

That's the general theme with airline pilots.

Originally Posted by ChecklistMonkey

And neither is the absolute of "Delta won't hire you if you have an online degree" and "online< in residence.". Refer back to my previous post if you're confused.

Originally Posted by m3113n1a1

The way I did it is the best and only way. Everyone should do as I did.

That's the general theme with airline pilots.

Originally Posted by OOfff

And by god, if it sucked for me, it better suck for everyone behind me, too. Can’t fix anything for those freeloading youths

Originally Posted by MOGuy

Thanks for the reply. It’s actually something I’m interested and in a field I can apply to my current job as well as open opportunities down the road if by some off chance I did not make it to the legacies or lost a medical. It is with an accredited aviation university, the same one where I obtained my “brick-and-mortar” B.S. degree. Two years ago I was at this same crossroad and decided not to start it. Had I done so I wouldn’t even be here asking. Now I’m at that crossing again and my thought is that I could make the mistake I did a few years back or fast forward two years from now and not have to still be wondering “what if?”.

Good input from everyone. It’s a tricky thing to navigate. Many of us were coming out with new wings and a license to learn at the tail end of the crash and the paths to a major weren’t as clear cut as they are now for a freshly minted CFI.

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Originally Posted by sevenfiveseven

Start your grad degree, position yourself as best you can with flight time/management positions, bravo for putting QOL and family first. Plan for your future inside aviation and out. Delta will ramp up hiring again as all the majors will as well (given no Black Swan events). My experience with newhires, everyone has an opportunity. Best of luck.