What additional qualification should an airline pilot have?

Aside from the licence and school/university education are there any other qualifications or courses that would set you apart from other candidates when applying for a job with an airline?

A military career.

A type certificate and flight experience for the type of aircraft that the airline operates would be a good thing to have.

In addition to a bachelors (or higher) degree and an ATPL, which requires 1500 hours of flight experience, they should have much more than the minimum 1500 required hours. Their experience hours should also be valuable. Rather than just flying a C-172 for thousands of hours during the day, they should:

Have night experience
Have cross country experience
Have multi-engine experience
Have experience flying many different types of planes
etc.

Many pilots who fly for major airlines also have jet experience. That's why many major airline pilots come from regional airlines or from military pilot careers.

Real world flying EXPERIENCE as a working pilot. That's what matters most, followed by a type rating or ratings in the aircraft they operate.

Pass eye exam--corrected vision, color distinction.
Physical--good health, height (sometimes)
Mental--enough about that one
References--got to be recommended by someone.

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