Originally Posted by
flyingfarmer
Lee,
No problem Lee,
I think chip has been knocked off for a few years, age has a tendency to do that. No, I was not referring to the eeoc mandated hiring, although I am aware it took place. I know a few regional pilots hhired in the late 90's early 2000 at UAL that were FOs with no PIC. On the other hand, everyone I knew as a new hire in 2007-2008 came from extensive military or civialian backgrounds w/ thousands of hours turbine/jet PIC. On the CAL side in 2007-2008 it was a different story... Many new hires were First Officers from the right seat of an Embraer jet with almost no experience. Many of them had been my First Officers at COEX. Some were excellent pilots, some you scratched your head and said what the.... The point I was simply making is when United hired last the new hires were very qualifiedwith a mix of military, civilian, and civilian ex pats who were getting back to the states. Many of my new hire class had 3 or more type ratings.
Farmer,
Not sure were you collected your data points from but you are not correct. Almost all 05-07 hires were CA at COEX. I was in a 07 hire class and all COEX guys were CA. I was military with over 3000 hrs and 1900 PIC/instructor. You need to check your data and don't post without it. We hardly compare to UA of the 90s.