BeatNavy

Uh I'd venture to say there are plenty of people "academically" as smart or smarter than the generalized Ivy League grad. I know plenty. Plenty get in for sports, plenty get in for money, plenty get in because of their connections, and plenty get in for diversity. Do you know how hard it is to get into a top tier school as a non-connected white male? You can be at the top of your class, get a top score on the SAT, be a member/leader of myriad clubs, and still not get in. I know plenty of Ivy League guys who aren't that smart.

Additionally, plenty of extremely smart individuals go to state schools or even community college as a matter of practicality, finances, or responsibility (helping to work to take care of kids/family for example). Not everyone gets handed financial aide and scholarships. Not everyone aspires to go to an Ivy League school either. Plenty of smart people don't even want to deal with college. They don't need it. The only thing that Ivy League experience is good for is brand recognition and networking. Get off your high horse and go back to the tool of the day thread and nominate yourself...nobody likes a pretentious kid coming around here gloating.

vagabond

Mod Note:

This is a thread for people to post when they've been hired. This is not a thread for your life story or odious comparisons about which airline is better.

PotatoChip

Well, other than my sister who is a graduate student at Penn, and the several friends I made while living in Boston for a year... you're right. :roll eyes:

Anyone get hired recently?

sandrich

Well that answers everyone's questions then. I'll bet you that he got hired at CommutAir through the CPP program and is telling everyone he got "hired at United." And the aforementioned "United interview" was actually the preliminary interview to be accepted into the program.

ShyGuy

Glad I'm not the only one catching onto this troll LGApilot.

CODs4ever

Bummer. Looks like the mods removed the sticky status of this thread. Maybe if it gets back on track......?

Somebody who got hired post something, and quick.

Max Relax Roll

But first, can I point out how sh*tty his grammar is for a supposed Ivy League graduate?

Hired at JetBlue. April interview, in training by August.

2,800 hrs, all military, mostly multi-engine transport. 1,200 IP, no evaluator time. CFI/CFII, no type rating. Attended Vets in Blue & WAI. 3 internal recs. Big fan of blue potato chips.

Brew1538

Hopefully this thread can get back on track because it has been a great source of information.

United:

Retiring USAF F-15E, T-38IP, E-11A IP (BD-700)
3150 TT
2650 PIC
150 civ GA

Safety Officer
USAFA 3.2
2xMasters 3.85

Application published Jan 2015
Available date Jun 2016 (terminal date of 1 Jun 16)
Hogan link received 2 Dec 2015
Interview 13 Jan 16
CJO 20 Jan 2016
ECIC Prep

Extremely excited and humbled when there are so many others out there that haven't gotten the call. In addition, I completed the video interview at AA in November and submitted the additional information but haven't heard anything since about a F2F.

FLY6584

Dude if you are in fact a new hire at United I would be very worried someone doesn't or hasn't already sent this link to the hiring folks at United. You are easily identifiable and if I were on the hiring team at United this type of attitude would not be what I wanted at my company.

And get off your high horse. As someone mentioned earlier, try starting out as an unconnected white male in this country and see how hard it becomes to get into ivy league schools and get hired by airlines that you will "retire in the single digits" at. I too, will retire in the single digits at my airline, but would never throw that in someone's face. The only thing I did differently than the majority of guys I work with that are older is that I got lucky and timed it right. My experience pales in comparison to the group of highly qualified men and woman I was hired with and I was honored to have had the chance to sit next to them in class.

Luv2Rotate

Timmmah Martin$ aka LGAPilot is that you back at C5?