The UA claim is that it will be the fastest path for non-military. But it's light on details, so hard to tell. An allegedly highly-respected airline hiring consultant made a presentation to a class I was in several weeks ago and she said 1700TPIC was competitive at the big 6 for regional non-mil pilots with BS degree. So that's at least 4-5 yrs optimistically. This is probably better. But it looks like a trap for former military who are at a regional to refresh their resume/time.

What I think is a little unnerving is that they are going to interview brand new regional FOs and even trainees just like they would interview a 5+ yr regional CA. And there is now a technical interview aspect. Not sure I'm ready for that interview in the next few months.