Only a small part of what I do at work involves flying.
Most of it involves communication, problem solving and the weird psychology of meeting ten other strangers, 8 of which you depend on for security and nourishment and the other two you'll be spending 7 to 10 hours in a phone booth with.
High school is largely a joke. As well is college in a lot of situations, but I gather, well, I'm probably talking straight out of my rump but the first time many people have to deal with other folks from other religions, races, walks of life, whatnot without the "Scoreless Soccer" safety net is after high school.
An airline wants well-rounded people. There's really no metric for that so many airlines presume if you're able to succeed in college, you're probably more well-rounded than an applicant with only a high school diploma.
Whether it's true or not, that's the way a lot of people look at it. Sorry!
What's the degree for? Checking the box on an application for the most part.
The best jobs will always take the cream of the cream of the crop. Remember, everyone's got an ATP and thousands of flight hours. But hey, here's a Cornell grad. And a Rutgers grad... and a USC Astrophysics grad... Ooh, this kid didn't finish high school. And this one only has two months at a junior college before he quit.
You're HR. Who are you going to call?
