Originally Posted by
LAXtoDEN
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This has been sort of known though. Multiple threads have been published in the last year that United hires from the competition only and being the “most qualified pilot in the pool” is not how you get hired.
You’re just going to have to suck it up and go through a ULCC initial training program on pathetically low training pay. I sucked it up and soon after got hired at Delta. It is what it is.
I think another issue is this individual is working at a United Express operator, flying out of a United hub and not applying to AA or DL because UAL is #1
for them.
FWIW- I Went to a hiring event earlier this year, only applied to UA. Got a bite a month later, got hired by UA quite recently. Currently at a UAX carrier, RJ CA, at a UA exclusive hub. And literally nothing special putting me above anyone else. No degree, some GA failures, no LCA, nothing above and beyond. Go to OBAP, go to LPA, go to RTAG. I think either I got extremely extremely lucky, or maybe the lcc pool is slightly drying up. Probably a combo of both. I do know of 7-8 others in my base getting CJO’s at ua in the last few months. Maybe the metering isn’t as significant anymore, who knows. But you have a chance… just go to every event til they call and include the memberships on your resume.