They can figure out a rough estimate by the year you graduated High School. Most people graduate at 17 or 18

 

You can always apply at Hawaiian.

No college degree required = Don't worry about scoring points

 

10 years from HS graduation to undergrad degree. I'm at Delta. The rumor is probably not completely accurate. Everyone has a story. Just be ready to tell yours when you get the opportunity. Best of luck.

 

I took 7 years to get a degree and it was specifically talked about during my interview at DAL. HR kept mentioning that it was not DAL standard and I just told my story of college, flying AND having to work the entire seven years including summers to support myself and work towards my goals and get this opportunity today. Flashy? Nope but it was simply the truth. Almost 10 years later I still feel extremely fortunate. I had no hopes of landing the Job at Delta (did not fit the mold) and was shocked to be one of two that made it from the interview group!

FIIG

 

^^^^ So there you go. And in my situation (above), the question never even came up in my interview. No one asked anything about it.

 

I took a break during school which resulted in it taking 6 years for me to finish my degree. I worked my explanation for this delay into my 3-5 minute intro and they seemed to accept that just fine.

 

This. They're trying to draw down the pool and the process tends to take a while during "normal" pool depths.

Hang in there.

 

I don't think the app review can be emphasized enough. It's great if you have all the bells and whistles and a person to write an internal rec. If your app is not perfect when you make it visible and your bro writes that rec, you very likely wasted a year or at least six months.

A friend asked me to write a letter and I was more than happy to. Found out after the fact that his app was pretty much toilet paper and he thought he would have time to make it look better later. Uh. No.

 

Anybody know how often and how many they are putting through indoc? Is it 30 a class and every week now?

 

Last I saw our average age for a NH was right around 40, +/- .5 or so. To get that kind of average means for every mid 20's ninja and early 30's hire, we'd have to hire a pretty good number of older pilots for the math to work out.

Time to degree is only a concern relative to your situation. 7 years to get through while you're living on campus and not working, for a 2.5 GPA in poly sic at a party school? Might have to explain that one I guess. But they know and know well that not everyone is a carbon copy lab specimen.

Its funny how real things can morph in the "telephone game" of internet driven gouge land. Not all red flags are road blocks. In fact, sometimes they can actually help you get the job because when they look into it they might see indicators of something outstanding that they wouldn't have seen otherwise.