Originally Posted by
OffAtTango
Meanwhile two United Express carriers with respectable training programs and good safety records were not even included in this new program.
Pure speculation on my part:
Absent this program it's not hard to visualize mainline hiring 1500hr pilots leaving the well dry for express.
The AVIATE "partners" are the ones with the greatest need for FOs. This program is just as much about staffing UAX as it is a career pathway program. Perhaps more.