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Old 01-28-2020 | 07:28 AM
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tailwheel48
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I think I detected a little hint of entitlement from the original poster.

Simply put, your military experience is not going to trump a regional pilots experience. In fact United, and probably most majors, love to hire regional pilots because they are already intimately familiar with the air transport system, and transport aircraft. That's not to say you won't get hired, but you'll need to be as persistent as your regional counterparts, in pursuing a very desirable job. The airlines do like some diversity in their pilot ranks.

It wasn't always this way. Thirty odd years ago the airlines did prefer miltary pilots but in those days most civilian pilot applicants had general aviation experience at best. Those times have changed!

Not scolding, just suggesting a little humility.
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