This is not a new program! This is not a flow!!

The JB University Gateway program has been around for a while and partners with 6 AABI schools, which include Auburn, ERAU, Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Jacksonville University and UND. It is for students currently enrolled at these schools, and IF they meet the requirements they can apply to this program and complete the necessary steps which goes over several years.

ExpressJet has been involved within this process for some time now and the company has made an announcement earlier this week that this program has now been extended to current ExpressJet pilots as well, called the "Advanced Gateway" which they claim will give "current pilots a guaranteed interview at lower than competitive minimums", but to be accepted into this program current pilots working at ExpressJet have to meet the following requirements, apply and be accepted:

• Completed an accredited AVIATION DEGREE and FLIGHT TRAINING at any AABI school.
• Graduated with a 3.0 GPA in major.
• Served as a CFI or check airman or EPIC Ambassador or other leadership role for at least one year.
• Successfully competed 360 performance reviews
• Served as a First Officer for at least 48 months continuous employment OR 5,000 hrs. total flight time or meet JetBlue's current COMPETITIVE minimum requirements.

I think it is a great program if you are just starting out at any of the mentioned schools, but for current XJT pilots this is worthless.

It's a recruitment tool and front page headlines that is suppose to make current pilots feel better about the future. The Company has nothing else to post and going for them, so the smallest piece of "feel good news" they can find, they will put up on the company intranet.