I’m 31, 800TPIC, no attendance problems, 4-year degree

I don’t think they look at your attendance, employee records until the final review. Which sucks

I would suggest anyone on a phx overnight or AQP make an appointment with HR to double check their file. I did a few years ago and almost nothing was there. They will not send any information over the phone or email unfortunately.

United did say they would create a way for us to submit our own things to mitigate some things in our file. And a United mentor/point of contact to help keep that process smooth.

Not enough TPIC but I would expect them to put you in the pool.

Same here, C was a waste of time and money for me. Basically the entire interview prep was just the cliff notes of their digital book I bought on the iBooks and already read.

I’m hearing this AVIATE fraud is just CPP 2.0, which is UA’s loss. Guys that are getting turned away, great captains (and FOs) are finding jobs elsewhere.

Either UAL really doesn’t believe they’re susceptible to the shrinking pool of candidates or they’re being willfully oblivious. They lose in either scenario.

Maybe they’re not taking people to ensure all their STAR flights go on time /sarcasm

I did interview prep as well and thought it was a giant waste of money. Save some cash and get a question bank from someone.

I refused to pay for profe$$ional services like Cage, I bought 1 book for 12.99 from amazon. Gave me most of the info I needed.

I did Emerald coast right after my failed interview at allegiant. Was no question as to why allegiant didn't hire me after doing the prep, thought of it as a really good education. Can't speak for Cage.

Aviate Interview, some facts ..
 

Hi I was invited to interview. Unfortunately got a TBNT.

Total Time: 2,700 hrs, Turbine Time: 375hrs (E175), college graduate degree. This is my second career. Feel happy that I was even invited to interview given my my low 121 time and I feel good with my performance. FWIW they had you redact any portions of your paperwork that had your birthdate - so at least on the face of it, they addressed the likelihood of an age bias complaint.

The interview consists of three portions: HR (with a recruiter & pilot), technical (with a Check Airman) and the Hogan Psychrometric. I thought I aced the HR portion (the FO/pilot actually said nice job), thought I did well on the technical piece (bobbled a few questions but hit most out the park) but hard to tell because they are not allowed to give you feedback. The last piece was the Hogan and I have absolutely no idea of whether I did well or not. They used to have you take the Hogan before the interview but found some people were cheating - using UA pilots to take the test so they decided to change it to a proctored format. So, hard to tell which of these mattered the most in the final decision which is made by a review board.

As far as I know, only two people from IAH/E175 ranks have received CJO's. One is a Captain and another is a FO. One of these people previously worked for United (in a non pilot capacity), presented himself very well (bound portfolio of accomplishments, logbook, long list of accomplishments and extensive volunteer work and community involvement) and used and interview prep service. Of the three Mesa pilots who interviewed the same day as me, only one got a CJO. I'm not sure what the overall acceptance rate is or what the "secret sauce" is for success. Good luck to all of you that are in the running .. pursue your dream and don't let history hold you back from trying.