I suspect this was insisted on by United. It is the same policy United has at the other regionals with a CPP. United isn’t interested in helping American bases retain regional pilots. So, this really isn’t a “hiring United pilots program” as much as it is a “attract new UAX regional pilots and retain UAX regional pilots program”. All regionals flying under UAX colors don’t have a CPP. I wonder why.

It has a big enough draw, and enough United pilots are hired through it, that Xjet pilots stick with Xjet for years to get their United interview. So, it works in how the program was intended. It attracts new UAX regional pilots and retains UAX regional pilots. For Xjet, this has to be a disaster, now a Mesa pilots gets the one benefit that Xjet touted as uniquely Xjet’s. With 6 year upgrades, what does Xjet have to offer a new pilot? Flying a 145? An ever shrinking base structure?