Originally Posted by
UALinIAH
Let me put it how it was explained to me years ago when I was spent a month flying with an interview CA.
"Everyone who has an application on file is qualified to get the job. Our job is to find the people who fit our culture and we would like to work with in the cockpit for hours on end. LORs add weight to that part. If a person can spend enough time getting the required mins and not meet people who are willing to go out of their way to help them land the job, it's probably saying something about the personality of said individual."
Just how one person on the hiring board in the 90s when I was hired explained the networking aspect to me.
Do you fellas have any recommendations for how to go about networking? There are job fairs, sure, but aside from that? I know a bunch of pilots, but almost all are still in the regionals. Only one or two have moved on to Allegiant. Living in base I rarely get an opportunity to jumpseat and speak with mainline guys; sometimes they ride with us but it's usually brief and hard to make an impression in 45 minutes.
So any specific recommendations about how to get out there, meet people (especially hiring people), and get your foot in the door?