Originally Posted by
Columbusohio
Hello everyone,
I currently have the Airapps application completed for Delta and United. I know 2 United pilots who submitted recommendations via the online system (I flew with them when they were in the Army). I have not submitted any other recommendations. Am I dropping the ball by not getting all sorts of recommendations uploaded? Army Chief Pilot, other army pilots, guys I have flown with in the past, other people who can talk highly of me but who I havent flown with? Are those non airline pilot recommendations worth anything?
Thanks
Good question. There may be a sweet spot on those recs (but I don't know what it is). I went into a DAL interview with more than half a dozen recs, 4 from pilots who not only had flown with me, but had given me flight evals in different aircraft I had flown in the service, AND they were all now DAL pilots. Another from a former commander who was a DAL pilot. Another from a G.O. These were gold-standard recs and seemed as good as you could get. Went into the interview and it was pretty clear they wanted to take me down a notch, which they proceeded to do quite effectively.