AA Flow-Thrus Should Require a Degree
07-09-2019 | 09:03 PM
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A kollage (
) degree is a social ticket. An indication that you have the social/financial backing to be in the upper middle class. Why does Delta care that you finished your collage () degree in four years? It's universal knowledge that the costs alone would extend someone to at least 5 or 6 years in getting their kollege () degree? Plus, I've yet to fly a plane that requires a degree to turn the engines. So why a degree and why 4 years? Well think about it. Who can afford to finish their degree out of high school in exactly four years? Mostly people with the social/financial backing, i.e. Peachtree City mansion families and the like. Or those whose families offer the right kind of support. College degrees act as social filters. Keeps certain people in and others out. Do I agree? Eh, doesn't matter, but that's what life is right now.
That being said, who can recommend an affordable online degree program for someone who maxed out their financial aid and loans?
) degree is a social ticket. An indication that you have the social/financial backing to be in the upper middle class. Why does Delta care that you finished your collage () degree in four years? It's universal knowledge that the costs alone would extend someone to at least 5 or 6 years in getting their kollege () degree? Plus, I've yet to fly a plane that requires a degree to turn the engines. So why a degree and why 4 years? Well think about it. Who can afford to finish their degree out of high school in exactly four years? Mostly people with the social/financial backing, i.e. Peachtree City mansion families and the like. Or those whose families offer the right kind of support. College degrees act as social filters. Keeps certain people in and others out. Do I agree? Eh, doesn't matter, but that's what life is right now.That being said, who can recommend an affordable online degree program for someone who maxed out their financial aid and loans?
07-09-2019 | 09:59 PM
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they literally ask 'Tell Me About A Time' questions man, real world experience matters a lot as a predictor of your future performance. Ideally, it would be germaine to the discussion. Your business acumen is commendable, but not really relatable to the discussion of airline pilot in all it's aspects. They're hiring a pilot, not a CEO.
I really hope you aren't SHANKING your head. Might hurt buddy.
07-10-2019 | 06:51 AM
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Nobody here is arguing it makes you a better pilot. That’s a straw man. So is the notion that only the rich somehow get to afford it. You can take one class at a time through a junior college for a few hundred bucks.
07-10-2019 | 07:17 AM
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Everyone sets up filtering mechanisms for social reasons. Creating a caste is the single most important part of humanity. Both college and Military show great success at the level of slavery. The really smart guys see little value in either one beyond that.
07-10-2019 | 09:39 AM
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17 pages of this ridiculous thread? Some of you guys need to fly more and get more experience. It shouldn’t take you that long to notice that having a degree has no effect on what kind of pilot or coworker you are. I want a good pilot with sound judgment and a good personality next to me.
07-10-2019 | 09:46 AM
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17 pages of this ridiculous thread? Some of you guys need to fly more and get more experience. It shouldn’t take you that long to notice that having a degree has no effect on what kind of pilot or coworker you are. I want a good pilot with sound judgment and a good personality next to me.
That and most of you can't spell the word college lol
07-10-2019 | 10:11 AM
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I think it evolved/devolved into some interesting conversations though.
My $0.02 is that the college degree "preference" (i.e. requirement) is not important for what it is, but what it represents about the individual. Love it or hate it, it is a filter.
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