I was a super early Aviate participant. Worst career mistake of my life since my goal (at the time) was UA. They treated us like garbage, I made less money than all of my peers, sat 6 day blocks of airport reserve, wasn’t allowed to call in sick more than 3 times a year under threat of program termination, and then UA told us retroactively that we had to get even more PIC time before we’d qualify for the transition to United. They also decided that my time sitting during covid related training delays didn’t count toward the program. That was when they changed the slogan from “the fastest way to UA” to “the most secure way to UA.”

A buddy of mine went to Republic the same day I went to UAX. Guess who is at UA while my Aviate friends still rot at places like Commuteair or gave up on it entirely. I wouldn’t go to UA even if the CJO came with a Lambo after my experience working under them.