KAL and the uni degree requirement for FO

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Originally Posted by batoboe

Do they realize that such a requirement translates into very different ones depending on the countries the pilot come from? Some countries have 12 years basic education (4 years high school) and 2 years uni degrees, some countries in europe have 13 years basic education (5 years highs school) and the shortest uni degree is 3 years, which means people from these countries need to study an additional 2 years in order to fullfil that requirement!

Let me touch a little bit...

University's undergraduate Degree usually 4 years (with Honour Degree) or 3 years (for non-honour) education. Now, if a application has good credits exemption, it may takes as much as 2 year to complete for the 4 years course! Ultimately, it is still a 4 years degree course! There's no doubt it.

However, employers care about what type of 4-years University (or eqivalent tertiary) education but they do not care how long you complete. Understand?

For instance, one applicant took 2 years to complete a BEng (UK) (in that case is 3 years degree programme), employer will consider.

If an applicant took 2 years to complete a 4 years MEng (UK) or 4 years BEng (S'pore)(Hons) Degree, it will still be counted towards completing the 4 years Degree! Do you understand?