Originally Posted by
FlyinIrish
I feel like I'm competitive, but I also know that the pool of well qualified applicants is very large. I guess what I'm trying to figure out is; does anyone know if there is a schedule for when interview invites go out? Like, should I check my inbox on the second Thursday of the month? Or, do they go out at seemingly random times and any day could be the day, so keep checking your inbox furiously like some kind of gmail crackhead? Any thoughts?
I know their are hundreds of well qualified applicants just like you, all waiting for an interview. The problem is that the majority of all the hiring is from compass, endeavor and military. 50% of the 600 pilots this year have come from the military and the other 40% have come from compass and endeavor. That means that only 60 pilots like you and I have been hired this year. Talk about pretty tough odds and fierce competition. It will just be a matter of time until they get through the military and flow guys. Compass is down to around 167 pilots left with flow and the SSP for endeavor should start winding down as well. I was told about 40% of the 8000 applicants are military so that could take awhile to get through.
I have a couple of buddies that have been called that weren't flow and weren't military and they all had a high GPA. I think that a lot of guys have a lot of hours and a lot of TPIC so the only qualifying difference to go off of is a GPA, school, time in school and degree.