Originally Posted by
CAirBear
I know, personally, anyone over 10k TT is a huge negative to United (at the moment). A good CA, who I fly with regularly, was told this directly at a job fair recently. This is absolutely moronic considering all of these guys who were stuck at regionals at no fault of their own.
That's par for the course at UAL. Back in 1990 when I was getting out of the Navy, my stepfather (a UAL Capt.) hand carried my stuff into HR. With 5200 military hours, 2000 in C-9s they told him I was "overqualified."
Hang in there. Eventually the numbers equal out to everyone getting a job sooner than later.
Not necessarily true. There is no pilot shortage now, nor will there ever be. Just look at all the grey haired Eagle pilots strolling around DFW. If you don't think a regional gig could be your last stop on the pyramid, think again. There's a whole subculture of pilots out there in the world...Part 91, Part 135, Part 121 supplemental...virtually all of them are looking for a better gig.