All you College Boys on here look up the name Pete Fernandez and see what a lowly high school graduate can accomplish.

 

For a currency issue, I'd imagine so.

If his app simply was triggering the software's point drivers or DAL's human scoring eyeballs and all it took was simply being employed? Possibly, who knows.

 

There is NO flow from Endeavor to Delta.

 

Yup, that's great! To the mil guys out there that are waiting on a call, don't discount going to a regional or LCC to help your resume. I went to a regional, learned a lot, had fun and met some great people. Then I was hired at 2 Legacies in 2014, with only 108 hours at the regional. My total time was ~1,800, 850 of that in fighters. I was not a mil IP and I firmly believe that the only reason I was called so early was because of checking the 121 container, along with being mil. My sub 3.0 GPA in aviation surely wasn't the reason.

A squadron mate was hired at FedEx and UPS and got a call from DAL with pretty much the same numbers/quals as mine. He had a few more 121 hours than I did, but other than that he was around 2,000 TT and was not a mil IP either. Another anecdotal story, there was a guy in my DAL class. He had been out of the cockpit for the last 3 years on AD. He was called within a month of finishing training at his regional.

While that's a cool piece of history, what does that have to do with todays airline hiring environment? They have to sift through 10,000+ applications, this is an easy filter because a great majority of the applicants have a degree. Keep shaking your first at the requirement.

 

Just curious which legacies were u hired at?

 

AAL and DAL.

 

Good story, but his story isn't doing anything for your career earnings.

I may be wrong, but I don't think it takes a degree to realize that waiting to get your degree, or waiting until the requirements change, is a money losing proposition. While you wait them out, how many years are you no longer able to earn $300k+?

A degree may cost $100k, but not having one could cost at least $1M+ in earnings. Don't be mad at your money.

 

And there are alternative ways to earn your degree for thousands less than that. CLEP, DSST, testing out. All fully accredited. CLEP Forum - CLEP Study - CLEP Testing - Study Guide and Strategies. Thomas Edison is one of the "big three" colleges that accepts multitudes of credit.

 

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Southwest job offer yesterday
2700 total time
1630 TPIC
All military
Instructor in C-21 and MC-130J
737 Type from HPA
No interview prep
beyond excited and grateful, happy to share any info anyone might want

 

I was looking to get the opinion of the new hires (especially military) on going to get a 737 NG type or possibly Airbus 320 rating to set myself apart. My targeted companies United, Delta, Southwest, and Fedex.

Is it worth it in today's hiring environment to use my benefits for the type to maybe get in sooner or just wait it out? If so 737NG or Airbus 320? Lastly recommendations, I'm currently looking at CPT (crew pilot training).


ATP, CFII, MEI
BE200 Type (Army C-12)
3300TT
2300 Mult-eng Turbine
1000 TPIC
120 Instructor
All military time
Bachelor's in Business