Originally Posted by
krismiler
Airlines in the USA usually require a college degree for pilots, students are getting into huge debts to obtain qualifications which are virtually worthless when it comes to getting a job where as a decent technical qualification would cost less, have them employed sooner and earning more money.
Precisely...and much debated here. At least in the US career-airline job hunting, people are driven/forced to play the game by the rules set out by the HR "suits".
Some people feel this will change in the near future;
I have no idea. I've seen Delta declare unequivocally that they'll "never" drop the requirement for a 4-year college degree...even if it's a degree in Sanskrit. (yep, flew with an FO who had such a degree.)