Originally Posted by aileronjam (Post 2929174)

I didn’t say you said that... That’s why I asked the question.... to clarify what you were saying.

All that being said, to have interviewers use the “degree” as the sole indicator as to whether someone can “play by the rules” or “complete a life goal”... they are being lazy themselves in not looking for other ways to determine those human traits. They are potentially passing up excellent pilots/people who might far exceed the qualities of their counterparts with the “degree”.

We used to require people to be no more than 30 years old to be hired. We used to require 20/20 uncorrected vision to be hired. Those criteria were modified because they were determined to be weeding out potentially excellent candidates.

I know what the rules are today... just stating an opinion as to why I think they should be altered.

Originally Posted by Itsajob (Post 2929240)

I don’t know about it being the sole determining factor, but it is a major factor. They consider the lack of a degree a big negative mark, and there are still plenty of people available with what they are looking for. They may be passing up “potentially excellent candidates”, I’m sure that they are, but the ones that they decide to go with are also very good. Being that they consider a degree to be a big deal, and that we are not going to see a lack of good applicants with a degree for a while, the choice is up to the applicant. Get the degree or try to get hired somewhere else.

Originally Posted by Regularguy (Post 2929191)

Actually those were changed because of lawsuits against UAL and then someone “saw the light.”

Originally Posted by aileronjam (Post 2929290)

Either way, the system was changed for the better.

Originally Posted by aileronjam (Post 2929269)

Again, I understand how the current system works. I’m just saying I think it’s asinine and arbitrary and should be changed. I’m sure it won’t, but that’s not the point.

Originally Posted by aileronjam (Post 2929269)

Again, I understand how the current system works. I’m just saying I think it’s asinine and arbitrary and should be changed. I’m sure it won’t, but that’s not the point.

Originally Posted by Grumble (Post 2929329)

They day you took your first flying lesson, and the day you decided you wanted to be a major airline pilot.... was a college degree one of those requirements?

Yeah that’s what I thought.

Originally Posted by Vernon Demerest (Post 2929358)

If United or Delta are your goals, meet the qualifications instead of insist they make an exception for you.

Originally Posted by Grumble (Post 2929329)

They day you took your first flying lesson, and the day you decided you wanted to be a major airline pilot.... was a college degree one of those requirements?

Yeah that’s what I thought.

Originally Posted by aileronjam (Post 2929380)

So was uncorrected 20/20 vision.... what’s your point?