Originally Posted by
Snaplock
If you are separating from the military don't expect a call. I've heard that United is intentionally screening out people who aren't close to retiring because they don't want to have to deal with those who will be reservists.
Kind of a shame because I really liked the recruitment event and was hoping to go to United. Now I'm just upset because I spent $1,000 going to that event.
What about those of us who aren't planning on going to the guard or reserves? Expect to be discriminated against purely based off of how much time you've served in the military.
I actually know Bill K. and quite frankly I am sure he would find this post both offensive and factually untrue!!
None of us are happy with what is happening with hiring, but to come to this conclusion is ridiculous.
What actually happened is:
This doesn't include the stuff that he did before the recruiting event to try and balance back out the experience points in the application (fix the formula that was passed down to him) to give a guy with 8 years flying experience in the military a chance to get the points that a guy flying for 8 years commercially was getting. I am not trying to say the points are perfect today, but I can tell you they are drastically better than they were several years ago at balancing military and commercial experience.
The lack of a "Fleet Plan" since the 737 order delay/cancel has had, and continues to have, a drastically negative effect across the airline. Pilot Hiring has gone into basically replacement hiring only. We all hope that something happens soon (Paris airshow order announcement?) and we can get back to the kind of hiring that will make us all happy.
When we do get back to hiring, I hope you get a call. I think you will find that you will be glad you spent the $1000 when that call comes.