Originally Posted by
DoSomePilotStuf
The communication thus far does state specifically that if you work for an Aviate carrier and choose to forgo Aviate and apply OTS it does hurt your chances.
As for who is more likely to be hired it’s wait and see. If they truly want this to work as a recruiting tool they must show preference to Aviate carriers. How much is TBD, but if they don’t they are going to continue down their current path of increasing dependence on SkyWest and Republic. Something they clearly want to avoid when they are out investing so much elsewhere.
This may not be a popular sentiment, but it doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
If the only civilian-only candidates United will interview are at regionals involved in the Aviate program, Trans States and GoJet are goners, and Republic and SkyWest will have way slower career progression than they currently enjoy. Many pilots will make lateral moves out of there to regionals with the Aviate program, others will go to Delta/FedEx/ULCC’s/ACMI, thus sabotaging the feed those four regionals provide. Can United afford to loose all that feed that quickly?
Point being, I don’t think pilots at non-Aviate regionals should count themselves out with United.