Originally Posted by
Vernon Demerest
Exactly. It wasn’t long ago that 135/corporate were extremely rare in new hire classes. I’ve flown with some great pilots from that world but it wasn’t easy to make that jump for many. Also wasn’t long ago that our recruiters were scrutinizing college GPAs and favoring those with graduate degrees on top of thousands of hours of PIC jet at 121 carriers. I get it- times have recently changed and we are “casting a wider net” but this guy comes on here expecting people who were hired here under traditional conditions to make a case for him to just hop on over. Mind blown…..
Agreed - and the fact that this pilot is finding the pressure from his colleagues to apply to UAL “overwhelming” is perplexing and troublesome. If a wide-open career possibility is “overwhelming” to you, then I’d hate to be with you down at the bottom of an ILS on one engine in crabby weather…in a foreign country….in the mountains…you know - actually overwhelming.
Like I said, STAY PUT. We’re all better off, since we won’t have to hear you blather endlessly about whether or not you made the right decision.