Originally Posted by
PT6 Flyer
I just spoke with my friend at Ameriflight. After about three years you can enter the 'mentor' program which will get you an interview with UPS. It is not a 'flow' but rather a 'preferred hire'. One way is to get on as a Brazilia FO (which seems to have a lot people applying nowadays). The other is get on as a Navajo Chieftain captain, but the AMF Chieftains will be going away at the end of the year.
So, three years just to get into their "mentorship" program, plus however long beyond that. You can definitely go through a regional in that same three year span and go to a major.