Originally Posted by
Sunvox
I would be shocked if you hear anything before next spring at best and that is assuming you have several thousand hours of RJ Captain time.
This.
It's the law of large numbers. At the risk of doing math in public, if UAL has 5000 aps on file (wild guess) and needs to call 120-180 a month for interviews (with 1/3 to 1/2 getting hired) that's only 2% to 3% of applicants called per month and 1% hired.
Those called
first in that small percentile are gonna have some combination of PIC time, instructor/check airman experience, education, respectable work history, and strong references. And most called at this point will have
all of those---although there will be a small number that don't just to keep things fresh. At the
beginning of a hiring wave UAL can be
very selective. That will gradually change when every other airline is also in a strong hiring mode.
Originally Posted by
sleeves
You can gauge your time to get called better by how well your networking is. It is a lot harder to get hired at a Major than just putting in an application that meets the times.
Yup. I've worked at three major airlines and every single job was the result of who I knew (and who
they knew) and not what was on my application.