Aviate Pass Rate Under 35%
Be advised the initial success rate of the Aviate program is under 35%. A conditional job offer received from ExpressJet does not necessarily mean a new hire candidate is qualified nor competitive in the Aviate program.
Additionally, prospective candidates can and will be turned down during the final review after successfully passing the Aviate interview due to things that are possibly outside of their control.
Among many reasons, an ill timed illness around a Holiday, training event, before or after a vacation, etc. is enough to get a pilot turned down in the final review, among many other conditions. This unnecessarily puts pressure on pilots to fly when they may not be fit for duty.
Many times pilots are turned down in the final review with zero documented disciplinary action or previous mentioned sick calls. Chief pilots are left scratching their heads when reviewing the pilot’s work file and no explanation is given.
In short, Aviate is not a “direct path” to United nor a “flow” in any way. The initial success rate of the program is very poor. The Aviate program is a new name on a flawed and failed previous program in the CPP.