APACHEpilot
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What if you don't inspire to fly for the major airlines, I know that the regional airlines don't reguire a college degree, what about some of the frieght companys?
No H.S. Diploma or G.E.D.
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Define "top school?" What exactly does that mean? Stanford over Rice over Princeton?
Mariano
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kellwolf
Piece of Trash
Seeing as how you can't get hired as a ramper at XJT without a copy of your HS diploma, I wouldn't be too optomistic about this one.
BTW, I think most places want to see a copy of your diploma, not transcripts. Doesn't matter if you've got 12 Fs, as long as you've got the paper. I didn't know where my HS diploma was when I got hired at SWA, but I had a copy of my transcript. They said "No, it has to be the diploma. We don't care about the transcripts."
BTW, I think most places want to see a copy of your diploma, not transcripts. Doesn't matter if you've got 12 Fs, as long as you've got the paper. I didn't know where my HS diploma was when I got hired at SWA, but I had a copy of my transcript. They said "No, it has to be the diploma. We don't care about the transcripts."
casey
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you should see my transcripts. believe me, it wont be a problem.
Van_Hoolio
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At my XJT interview, they didn't even look at the HS diploma or college transcript until post-handshake.
I highly doubt you'll get hired here without at least a GED.
I highly doubt you'll get hired here without at least a GED.
DE727UPS
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"I know that the regional airlines don't reguire a college degree, what about some of the frieght companys?"
If you don't have the top of the ladder in mind, I wouldn't worry about a degree. There are a lot of jobs in aviation that don't require a degree. If you'd be happy with one of them, then don't worry about it. I'd say the regionals and 135 freight are both great targets for you.
If you don't have the top of the ladder in mind, I wouldn't worry about a degree. There are a lot of jobs in aviation that don't require a degree. If you'd be happy with one of them, then don't worry about it. I'd say the regionals and 135 freight are both great targets for you.
JDMcFly
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Harvard over Michigan over Appalachian State.
Anyway, I was kidding around mostly, I don't really think the Ws would have any real detriment. I was considering going to Columbia, but I didn't really want to move/live in the city ($$$).
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
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Harvard over Michigan over Appalachian State.
Anyway, I was kidding around mostly, I don't really think the Ws would have any real detriment. I was considering going to Columbia, but I didn't really want to move/live in the city ($$$).
Phew! Thanks. High school prospects won't rule out Appalachian State so quickly next year. . .that's for certain.
RPJ
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Apachepilot,
Just get the GED! It is not a hard test to pass and you can take it for a very cheap fee. Most adult schools also offer FREE prep classes for your benefit. You have spent all this money in your flight training so why not enhance it with acquiring the most basic education standard, HS diploma or GED.
You have to realise that 99% of pilots will have at least a GED and you will be competing with them to get a job. It is easier than ever to attain your bachelors degree as well via online classes.
Being a fully rated good pilot is only part of this game, traditional education still plays a part in staying competitive. You will also have a fall back plan with your degree when the industry goes through its cyclic nature.
Just my 2 cents,
Ryan
APACHEpilot
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I will definitely get the G.E.D soon, i just don't have alot of time right now working two jobs as flight instructor and as aircraft servicer at a local military base. I know that it will just help in the long run as well as taking soom online college classes . Thanks for the advice !
MusketeerMan
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She didn't get hired. Supposedly she had a small incident on her record and she said she didn't know how to calculate VDP. Those don't seem like job killers, so I think her abrasiveness was the real culprit. I hear if they don't like ya', you aint gettin' hired!!!
She didn't get hired. Supposedly she had a small incident on her record and she said she didn't know how to calculate VDP. Those don't seem like job killers, so I think her abrasiveness was the real culprit. I hear if they don't like ya', you aint gettin' hired!!!
A couple of points.
Get the GED. I'm not even sure you can get hired in a front-line position at Macy's as a high school dropout.
Second, Musketeer, thanks for the update. You've got to at least know how to figure a VDP, that's surprising that she couldn't have at least known that lots of boards love to ask that question and that it was too much of a hassle to google it. ;(
Get the GED. I'm not even sure you can get hired in a front-line position at Macy's as a high school dropout.
Second, Musketeer, thanks for the update. You've got to at least know how to figure a VDP, that's surprising that she couldn't have at least known that lots of boards love to ask that question and that it was too much of a hassle to google it. ;(
MusketeerMan
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Even moreso is the fact that I sent her gouge after gouge and each gouge for XJT had VDP in the interviews...oh well...like I stated, I think it was more her than screwing that up.
Good move XJT!VDP? Cmon guys, enough of the pilot talk?
OK - thank goodness for the internet.
I've educated myself.
jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
What'd I tell ya boss? What'd I tell ya? The best applicants from the worst pool anybody has ever seen.
Good grief, if completing high school was too much of a challenge, we're certainly doomed as a society.
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