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Hard to say. Talk among pilots within the last couple of years is that internal recommendations have no weight, and may even be negative. I know many who say they have recommended people with great resumes, who got shot down for unexplained reasons. (Many of those are now working at SWA or a legacy carrier). An internal rec may get you the video interview though.

As others have said, I think the best path is meeting the recruiters and chief pilots at the job fairs and open houses. Hiring here is definitely organic, and they like people who show interest over a length of time. Since we have stopped hiring, none are scheduled, but when they are, it's posted on our flight ops site, and I'm sure someone will pass it along. I'm told we have enough poolees to run 2 or 3 small classes this year. Hiring will probably ramp back up after summer for classes in early 2019.