This person does not speak for the majority of UAL pilots.

 

Well Blizzue....I agree with you about the "not hurting him on the international front".....curious why I ruffled your feathers? What is it that I stated that you disagree with? A great number of pilot hiring slots have been/are eaten up with special interest groups. That's a fact (females, minorities, legacy children, flow up's, military, furlough recalls). Additionally, I never stated nor insinuated that there was anything wrong with the hiring practices....it's the way of the world, even the corporate world. I promise , you won't hurt my feelings, maybe I need a reality check.....OBTW, you do know that the post started with sarcasm and funnin', however, I'll stand by most of it.

Stoki....now that you have fleshed out a little more of your background, I think you are right on track and think your approach is spot on, especially since you are are already well ensconced where you are. Even more so if you are enjoying the experience. As I posited earlier, the number of candidates like you are few, but I think that the HR dept would value your experience (you bring more to the table with your vast international experience). Combined with your Chief Pilot job( as long as it's not the chief pilot of 4 pilots) I think you are well positioned. However, I agree, more rec's would be helpful.

Not sure what some on here take offense to about what I wrote. I will reiterate.....IT IS A NUMBERS GAME! After you factor out all the special interest groups, my guess is only 25% of the slots are left. The competition is keen, but I feel positive about your chances(especially if UAL isn't your only choice)

Press on and good luck

Cheers

 

I would be that dude. It’s possible but not easy...I had to schlep my butt across the Pacific multiple times to go to those bloody job fairs, all on my own dime. In the end it just happened to be a chance conversation over a beer that made the difference. I was very, very lucky but the stars aligned perfectly.

Also, for reference, I’m a US resident married to a US citizen and had almost 9 years of US 121 experience, in addition to 3000hours flying 73’s around Australia and SE Asia. The whole “only FAR121” experience requirement is BS. As long as you’re flying a commercial aircraft in ops equivalent to 121, you’re good to go.

 

You make your hiring stats conclusion based on the folks pictured in the "new uniforms" roll out advertisement? Foolish.

 

NO....I was implying that nor did I state that. I'm sorry you are having a problem understanding my point. For the third time ...

"IT'S A NUMBERS GAME".....I think most can figure it out

 

A quick look at new hire class photos paints a different story. Classes of 30 with a total of 3 maybe 4 minorities/women. That’s a big maybe. How’s that unfair again?

 

PRIA is a request only. Your current employer doesn’t even have to respond. It would probably look more favorably if they did, but it’s my understanding that the request comes after a job offer, not before. I interviewed with Atlas and I was flying in Afrika. One of the interviewers asked me in front of the HR manager whose initials are DB if “they can even verify a PRIA”. As if other countries can use email, telephones or speak English. This is united airlines though, it shouldn’t be an issue. They seem abit more enlightened and accepting. I interviewed at another carrier, and they welcomed my international experience and my company in Africa of course responded to their PRIA request.

 

Add me to the list of pilots that did the RJ and ex-pat thing (737 LCC in Japan) before getting hired here. It can be done. Hang in there.

 

Flown with and and know of quite a few guys at DL who were hired from overseas. Mostly Emirates guys, but a few from elsewhere too. So it's obviously possible, but of course I'm not sure whether the hiring people view it as better/worse/equal to being at a US airline currently.

Good luck to you!

 

I know a career KLM Pilot. LCA on the MD-11 then retired as a 747 CA before settling into his Texas hill country home only to become bored a year or two in. Decided to put an app in thinking he had nothing to lose. Five plus years to U.S retirement age he got a call from UAL and is now finishing out his final years flying mostly Central America on a 737 and enjoying it.