Originally Posted by Deathwish (Post 2407733)

Does anyone know if United will be attending or hosting any upcoming events that are already scheduled?

Originally Posted by BAe3100FO (Post 2406937)

I was able to attend the Veterans Job Fair back in November in SFO. After years of updating with UAL, I totally feel like the job fair was the "key" to getting the invite.

Originally Posted by gringo (Post 2409570)

Same boat. Same situation. Second day, afternoon session. "Best of the best" they said, interview practically guaranteed.

Still waiting for a call.

It's all a crap shoot.

Won't hurt to attend a job fair. Whether it helps is largely a coin toss.

Originally Posted by Airway (Post 2408841)

I think the only company where job fairs are a waste of time (for civilians at least) are at American. I met them at two (keep in mind this was over 4 years ago). At the first one, I got a "keep up the good work" after waiting 11 hours. At the second one, the recruiter told me that I had too many fighter pilots ahead of me for a job. That's almost verbatim. I was there with many colleagues, some with stellar qualifications, and ZERO got calls from AA.

I remember when I did Emerald Coast interview prep, at least half if not more of my group were fighter pilots, and if I recall, all had an interview with American. The rest of us were still waiting for a call or had a call with UA and DL, or an LCC.

That all being said, I HIGHLY recommend going through ECC prep to get polished before going to a job fair if you can. My first job fair, I hadn't done any formal prep, and I was asked TMAAT questions on the spot and I did NOT have polished answers. I only made that mistake once.

Best of luck.

Originally Posted by Zenofzin (Post 2409778)

Having been in the airline business for quite a while if I was in charge of hiring it would be 1. Regional Guys 2. Military large transport c130 c5 tanker guys etc. 3. Corporate /charter. 4. Fighter pilots. Sorry but guys flying fighters don't have much total time at all, and come from a much different experience base and a lot of times it shows.

Originally Posted by Zenofzin (Post 2409778)

Having been in the airline business for quite a while if I was in charge of hiring it would be 1. Regional Guys 2. Military large transport c130 c5 tanker guys etc. 3. Corporate /charter. 4. Fighter pilots. Sorry but guys flying fighters don't have much total time at all, and come from a much different experience base and a lot of times it shows.

Originally Posted by say again (Post 2409899)

Why? They should all have an equal chance/opportunity for the job. This is a load of crap.

Originally Posted by Zenofzin (Post 2409778)

Having been in the airline business for quite a while if I was in charge of hiring it would be 1. Regional Guys 2. Military large transport c130 c5 tanker guys etc. 3. Corporate /charter. 4. Fighter pilots. Sorry but guys flying fighters don't have much total time at all, and come from a much different experience base and a lot of times it shows.

Originally Posted by Grumble (Post 2409927)

Interesting... seeing as how the KC-135/C-130 guys in my new hire class struggled the most, the regional guys have the highest rate of being let go from training/probation and the fighter guys seem to work the hardest (with the heavy guys).