Originally Posted by
jrwit
It's a game. Whether it's fake virtue signalling or unfair practices... if you know the game they're playing, and you want to win, you have to play that game. You totally have the choice to say "this game is unfair" and walk away... but then you can't really come back and say "hey you guys, why won't you play with me".
Look at the guys getting hired. Yes they're usually young (I mean, if you think the average age of OTS hires of 37 is young). But really look at what they do. For better or worse, that is the type of person that will get hired. If you want to get hired, you have to try to be that type of person. If you don't care, then don't strive to be like that.
Well, there's nothing I can do about my age. Barring that, it would be nice to have a clearer understanding of why and what you are lacking in their profiles.
Hypothetical here. You're a 5500 TT, 2000 TPIC regional pilot, 40ish, have some volunteer time on your resume, clean record with no criminal or driving problems, and can't get an interview. They won't tell you why you are being excluded from their hiring pool and you're left to the guesses of the paid application services as to why you're not viable. Basically, there's no feedback from the majors to let you know what you need to do to be considered. It would be very nice if they took the time in your "TBNT" email to tell you, "Unfortunately, you don't have X to be competitive at this point".
Basically, tell me what I'm lacking, don't just say TBNT. Tell me what I need to do to become competitive, please.
Hell, SkyWest did that for me. The recruiter called me up after a couple of email exchanges and told me, "Hey, my recruiters who are pilots told me to tell you to possibly get a couple months of part 135 time to get current again and we'd be happy to give you an interview afterwards." I appreciate that. They told me what they needed me to do to get an interview.
Now Republic and Endeavor, it was a simple email that basically said "TBNT".