Minimum Educational Qualifications For Regional Airlines.

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SillyPilot

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Guys what are the minimum educational qualifications required by regional airlines for pilot position. Some airlines are requiring GED or a high school diploma.

I know major airlines require a four year college degree.

What are the average educational qualifications of most recently hired pilots with regional.

Some regional airlines in the past had a minorty hiring rules ,they use to hire minorty pilot applicant with less hours.(dont know if that was true or a rumor) do some airlines still practise that?
 
SillyPilot said:
Guys what are the minimum educational qualifications required by regional airlines for pilot position. Some airlines are requiring GED or a high school diploma.

I know major airlines require a four year college degree.

What are the average educational qualifications of most recently hired pilots with regional.

Some regional airlines in the past had a minorty hiring rules ,they use to hire minorty pilot applicant with less hours.(dont know if that was true or a rumor) do some airlines still practise that?
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We're getting a lot of these lately, I wonder if is troll season.
 
Long story short:

"Get a four year degree"

Because if you don't, your airline furloughs or gots defunct (that happens, ya know!) and you're out of a job, if you don't at least meet the minimum qualifications for another job or even the average new hire quals, you're going to be 'that guy' we've all run into during our careers that's angry with the industry and hasn't moved up and onward.
 
The regionals don't require a degree. If you're happy with a career at that level, I wouldn't worry about getting a degree.
 
DE727UPS said:
The regionals don't require a degree. If you're happy with a career at that level, I wouldn't worry about getting a degree.
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keep in mind one *is* allowed to get a degree while working at a regional ;).

I know several CA's that did that, they did the fast track thing out of HS and got hired on young, upgraded early, and spent a few grand TOTAL on their college education.

That being said, they certainly didn't have much fun in college. Even at ERAU I had some good times and am glad I went to a brick and mortar school.
 
Actually, ALL airlines require at least a HS diploma or GED. I was hired w/o my 4 year, but I'm about done with it anyway. I've flown with three CAs that are getting their degrees on-line.
 
CoBuilder said:
lol
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Hey, if someone is smart enough to make it through flight school...not saying you have to be smart to make through, just smart enough.

Also, there are some high schools out there that refuse to give out a normal diploma if you don't finish on time, even if you had an illness or other issue. I think them doing that is really low class, because GED doesn't look good on the surface. Some employers don't even want to know why.
 
look through the aviationinterview.com gouges for a few airlines and you'll see what people are getting hired with. the degree doesn't seem to make a huge difference at the regionals, but if you want to get any further (and you will), you're gonna need the degree.

my stats: 0 days of college, 4 days to get called by a regional after submitting 2 apps.
would i do the "fly first/college later" route again if i had to do it over? probably not, but it's worked OK so far.
 
kellwolf said:
Actually, ALL airlines require at least a HS diploma or GED. I was hired w/o my 4 year, but I'm about done with it anyway. I've flown with three CAs that are getting their degrees on-line.
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Hey, Kellwolf, how does that work with a pilot's schedule? I'm considering taking a post graduate course online once I'm on board with either an airline or corporate.

Neil
 
The nice thing about on-line courses is that you can go whenever you want, even if it's 11 PM and you're in your boxers in a hotel room. As long as you get assignments turned in (or e-mailed in as the case may be) on time, it's not too bad.
 
And there's also an article on 'distance learning' on the main website.

What's that URL again?
 
Kicked around the idea of getting my masters from ERAU distance learning. If nothing else, it keeps the student loans deferred a bit longer. :)
 
So, I just gotta say this, and this thread is sorta perfect for it. I've been getting the wonderful Riddle Runaround all day.

I've been trying to figure out what I need to do to finish up my degree. So, I get in touch with the head of the MEM extended campus to find out the status of my flight ratings. Well, they recieved them, but according to the 2002/2003 catalog that I'm under, they want 1000 PIC time to count them. That's right, not TOTAL time, PIC time. She asked when I could possibly hit that. I said "Well, I have over 1000 total now, but I won't see that other 140 hours of PIC for another two or three YEARS."

So, we figure out that if I re-do it under the 2006/2007 catalog, I don't need the PIC time, just the ratings. But, get this, according to them I have to take English Comp. Uh, HELLO! I tested out of 6 hours of comp in HS through an AP test!!! So, now I guess I have to get the poor AP people to dredge up my scores from 13 years ago so I can get that sent in.

Dear god, I'll just be glad when it's over.....
 
WestIndian425 said:
LOL....thanks, Doug and Kellwolf. Now I wonder how many pilots out there have masters and doctorate degrees...

Neil
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A LOT of guys have masters at my airline. All at least have a bachelor's degree except for one person who came over with the Pan Am acquisition.
 
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