The contract simply says that the company shall make reasonable efforts to fill vacancies with those who satisfy the hiring standards, however it doesn’t define what that means. Is it the absolute minimum, or competitive minimums? Also, considering the recent announcement by Spirit regarding their survival, I’m guessing the number of applicants from Spirit has spiked. There are plenty of Spirit pilots to hire who do have competitive minimums. I have no doubt that United’s future hiring is heavily weighted towards Spirit applicants, but I also suspect that those with more experience will get picked up first.