Originally Posted by
flyguy81
Which is weird, because the majority of people I know getting calls for interviews have military service on their resume.
US Air is 100% random. You can be a astronaut and I don't think it'd get you a call quicker than a Dash-8 FO.
Being an astronaut definitely would NOT get you called faster than a Dash-8 FO. There's a good chance any Dash-8 FO applying to Airways is from one of the wholly-owns. Airways has some sort of preferential interviews in place for the wholly-owns.
Fact - Of the 21 new hires in the 4/29 class, 3 had military experience. The reality is, with flow through agreements at the legacies (AA, US, Delta), the quickest path to a number is from the regionals. (Maybe United doesn't have any flow-through arrangement..I'm not sure.)