I would be suprised if Airline receruitment was any different from professional recruitment in any other industry. Once you have a frozen ATPL, a degree would surely only be of any relevence in the filtering process. Once you have your interview place a degree will mean pretty much nothing. If it comes down to choosing between two candidates I reckon the priorty given to certain factors would be something like this:
1) Psychometric test evaluation
2) Sim Check evaluation (assuming you got this far)
3) Presentation and Inter-personal skills
4) Multi-hours
5) Number and type of hours logged
6) Transparency of training record
7) ATPL first time passes
8) School of life track record (if relevant)
9) Tie pattern
10) Shininess of shoes
Not forgetting the essential subtle orange coloured cufflinks/tiepin/pen/pocket hankerchief/etc for those EazyJ interviews.
In fact, to really throw that cat amongst the pigeons. If you are going to present a degree as evidence of suitability of character and aptitude for the job, think carefully if you have a 2.2 or less. Anything but a 2.1 or higher may (I stress may) construed as 'lack of aptitude' or slacking. This is certainly the case in highly competitive IT recruitment.
Last edited by Kefuddle_UK; 13th December 2002 at 13:29.