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Originally Posted by prex8390
A degree may or may not be important but when your sitting in a room with a bunch of guys that have them and you are the only one that doesn't, how do you feel about getting the call from the big D or united or aa. You can hold out and maybe they will drop the requirement but for now, it's just a disadvantage. It's still a highly competitive game out there to get called from a major. DGI doesn't mean squat if you don't meet the quals. You can walk in but how is delta gonna treat the interview if they feel you shouldn't be there in the first place.If you want a shot at a major without a degree. Go to envoy. Also college was the best years of my life. I learned more about myself there as a person and did some good book learnin too. Might not be a better pilot from it but I still learned things about the world around me there.
You are trying to rationalize an unethical practice, no one in the business world would even think about doing this except some airlines. Though, I think we are talking about two different things, AA says college preferred, that is okay, it's making it a hard requirement that is wrong. I'm not talking about what makes you competitive in a saturated market.