For those who attend, don't forget any names and write a thank you (hand written better) to those you spoke to and United's hiring department for the opportunity.

There are 10,000 applications on file, of which 9000 are currently qualified for the position. Approximately ~700 new hires are planned for 2017, about 1000-1200 potential pilots will be "hoganed" and those who successfully complete that will be interviewed.

As for why the SFO location? Well it is United Air Lines hosting the event, and SFO is a major base for United Air Lines and United Air Lines has the infrastructure in SFO to handle a large number of people. This is a reach out event for military sponsored by United, which is a pretty good deal, so if you are truly interested in flying for United (and not just looking for an airline job - SWA, DAL, AA etc are also hiring) make your best effort to get there.