Originally Posted by
ReadOnly7
I’m not trying to step on toes, Ivan......but I think when a CPP/AVIATE candidate fails the process, and then leaves for another carrier........doesn’t bother UAL in the slightest. They clearly decided against them for a reason (fair or unfair, not for me to speak on). More senior and mid-level pilots leave, and are replaced with cheaper new hires. I 100% understand your frustration, and I know you care about the pilots you represent. Your comment that the CPP was a “disaster” has a LOT to do with perspective. I consider it the best thing that ever happened to me, professionally. I know it wasn’t “fair”, but that’s ALSO a matter of perspective.
And there's no rime or reason how they choose. Many wouldn't have even been granted an interview had it not been for the CPP.
Meanwhile, there's probably plenty that would have made it through an OTS that were never selected as such yet shot down in the CPP. The process proved to be less consistent/more inconsistent that straight OTS it seems.
Said it before, many had ZERO problems getting hired elsewhere. And not because they suddenly did anything radically different.
Ivan doesn't sugar coat things, but he for sure calls it like is.
Originally Posted by
ReadOnly7
I’m not trying to step on toes, Ivan......but I think when a CPP/AVIATE candidate fails the process, and then leaves for another carrier........doesn’t bother UAL in the slightest. They clearly decided against them for a reason (fair or unfair, not for me to speak on)
And in the process pass on a lot of great pilots. As you said, fair or unfair.
You'd just think they'd have it down to a better system by now.