Airlineapps.com/GPA? Especially for Regionals
05-03-2013, 05:12 PM
#32
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Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: CRJ
Posts: 309
Originally Posted by 135TOAD
I know 100% it mattered for me. I left it blank because I didn't remember & figured I would come back to that part of the app later. I had a friend inquire on the status of my app. He told me "High School GPA is missing". Filled in the GPA & rcvd a call from Delta an hour later for an interview. My buffoonery only cost me 3 months of seniority - which is huge.
If its your first job out of college it may matter beyond that its not worth a damn.
05-03-2013, 05:49 PM
#33
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
Originally Posted by Captain Tony
Obvious attempt at flamebait, but I'll bite anyhow. I'd rather have a C- student who is an awesome pilot than a washed up geezer in a double breasted coat who can't talk on the radio, asks for 5 wind checks on final, deviates around puffy clouds on the downwind (yet punches TRW+ enroute because he can't use radar properly), then lectures everyone how superior he is.
05-03-2013, 07:13 PM
#34
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Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: 737 Left
Posts: 1,825
Originally Posted by Delta1067
Do you want a C- high school student flying you and your family around?
05-03-2013, 07:41 PM
#35
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Joined APC: Nov 2012
Position: Stick Monkey
Posts: 300
Those are my sentiments exactly. Overachievers are not necessarily good team players, effective decision makers, or good followers, all traits which are needed to get the operation moving every day.
05-03-2013, 08:23 PM
#36
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"School is a place where former A students teach mostly B students to work for C students."- http://elitedaily.com/news/world/students-run-world/
