Originally Posted by
flensr
The only reason I applied and went through the interview process was because I have friends at Delta who said the place was fine once you got past HR. A lot of people play the "get past HR" game far better than me, but that's been true my whole life so in hindsight as I unpacked what happened, I realized it wasn't really a surprising outcome.
Based on chatting with friends who got hired at United in the last 10 years, I suspect that might have worked out too. I assume I didn't quite cross one or more of their thresholds for an ex F-teener to get a call, and I quit updating my applications when I finished IOE at SWA. It's worked out just fine.
I’d imagine the HR hurdle is a pretty big speed bump for most people. It’s tough trying to be yourself when you’ve been told to talk and act a certain way (that may not be how you normally act).
Thankfully here, most of the process was driven by pilots…and there didn’t appear to be any rocking chair tricks.