Originally Posted by
paulcg77
FWIW, pure helo guys going to the majors is happening right now, though I don't know about UA. Just read about an army pilot with only pure helo time who went straight to Frontier. Of course, he is a ring knocker with an engineering degree and I think he punched a few tickets on his own dime, but still - it's definitely happening in some 121 outfits.
RTAG guy from the 160th SOAR with some connections, definitely not the norm (yet). As a former mil helo guy I’d like to see this change. It’s taken me 2000 hours at a regional and LCC to get the invite with 3100 mil hours and 2400 Turbine RW PIC. That said, every legacy is now calling guys (like myself) with 6 hours of turbine FW PIC.
edit: on a side note, UA is the only one not to extend an interview invite, and I had a CP meet and greet that (I thought) went well.