Meaning you got it within the last hour? That means invites are still going out... hopefully.

Or not. Sounds like they've all been sent.

Any repeat invitees from the 2016 Veterans Day job fair?

Can some of you who received an invite share your back ground? Thanks!

Congrats FOD you’ve earned it

6800 TT
1100 TPIC
4800 ME
4500 Turbine
5 type ratings
Airline Ground Instuctor
135 Chief Pilot

I'm not sure this is typical...I was a bit of a Corporate/Charter journeyman before getting to the airlines in 2012.

Got the invite today.
Military guy retiring in April
~3800 hrs C-17 time
IP/EP
Director of Ops and Chief of Stan/Eval
No command or safety stink
See ya guys on the 20th!

Bumping against 10,000TT
>1,000 TPIC
LCA
Blessed for the invite

Everyone seems to have well over 5000 hours that got the invite from all the sources I’ve seen

Mil guy, just retired 1 Jul

6500+ TT
3900+ Multi Turbine
2300+ Turbine PIC
1800+ Instructor

Instructor/ Eval Pilot
Dir of Ops
Chief Pilot
3 types
CFI, CFII, MEI
Helo CFI, CFII


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Did not get one.

Current Regional Captain.
5000 TT.
3750 PIC.
2010 121 TPIC.
3180 Multi.
LCA.
CFI.
AA Aviation Science.
Graduate, Part 147 A&P school.
18 years experience maintaining part 121 aircraft.
15 of those years at LUAL.

Stoked to receive an invite! Available May 2019:

Military
3300 Total time
2200 Multi-Engine Turbine
1100 Piston (civilian CFI/CFII before military)
800 TPIC
Military Instructor Pilot/Flight Examiner

ATP,CFI,CFII,MEI,1 type rating, BS @ aviation college,MBA

I received invite to military day

Army C12 Instructor/Evaluator, Maintenance Pilot
3000 TT
1300 TPIC
300 instructor
ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI, 1 type rating
Commercial rotary
Director of ops
Bachelors in business management

I attended the event in 2016 and it was great. My first event and I was definitely rough around the edges and a little shy on time for not being a fighter guy. Recruiters words. I’ve added everything besides ATP and rotary on the civilian ratings side since that event.

Good luck to everyone.



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Got the invite.

Military
1700TT
1600 Turbine
1400 Turbine PIC
Instructor/Evaluator
CFII
Flight Safety Officer

Feel pretty lucky.


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Military
1700 TT
1400 TPIC
IP/SEFE
CFII


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Anymore invites going out today or were they all sent yesterday?

I wonder why if the invites are for top candidates why bother with job fair and not just invite?

the most competitive applicants seem to be getting gobbled up quick, making it a longer process to bring them onboard seems counter productive.

Mmm so you’re saying the ones invited aren’t the most competitive since job fair draws out the process?

A lot of the military invites seem to have availability dates a long ways in the future. Maybe invitees are people who are promising but, for whatever reason, fall just short of getting the interview call now?

Apparently that’s exactly the case. :confused:

No. The invitees are similar to the guys I know with multiple offers. I think United is having them jump through an extra unnecessary hoop.

I know you probably know this, but the lack of a 4 year degree is hard to overcome. I would think the LCA title and years of service to UAL helps significantly, though. Maybe enough to tip the scale eventually.

Good luck.

In the presentation United gave at their virtual job fair recently there was a slide stating that 98.3% of new hires in 2016 had a bachelors degree.

If you don’t like those odds, I’d recommend finishing the degree.

Sad that associates + A&P + years of working at the company is viewed less than a bachelor's in a random field.

I guess I'm thankful I have a magical 4 year degree. Apparently I should have gotten it in HR so I would understand hiring. :confused:

Getting an online Professional Aeronautics bachelors degree from Riddle with those kind of previous qualifications is pretty easy....just sayin’...

Thomas Edison will give you credit for experience and allow you to knock out a degree in less than a year if you have time for online course work.

What I still don't understand is that I have passed the UA CPP process (app/hogan/interview), but still can't get the computer to pull my application for an off the street opportunity. Already paid for C/M to look over my AirlineApps. Don't know what piece of the puzzle I am missing.

+6000TT
+2000TPIC
+10 yrs 121
LCA
4-year degree
+10 LOR's

I think it’s pretty clear that the CPP program is providing interviews to pilots who would not have otherwise been selected via the normal off the street process. They are two separate avenues to an interview. Just because you are in the CPP does not have any bearing on whether your app would be selected otherwise.

There are probably a thousand OTS guys with stats like yours or better who haven’t gotten a call.

I think your TT is just now getting in the sweet spot of the avg civilian guy off the street. The avg TT was around 6000 (in years past) and that avg was deceptive because of the 50% military guys + interns + the handful of random low time hires. It sounds like you have done everything you can to improve your odds. The CPP might have actually hurt a guy like you more than it helped. They would hire you in a second but are stuck dragging guys off the top of the cpp list who may or may not have been actively pursuing United.

I hope you get the email soon!

United Airlines September Job Fair
 

Just playing devils advocate here, as I’m not 100% sure how to process works— I know they say you CAN get hired outside of the CPP, but putting myself in their shoes... why would I pull a pilot from one of my feeders earlier than I’m required to when there’s thousands of candidates just as qualified that I could pick from? Are CPP candidates actually getting selected for off the street hire? I’d be interested in comparing data between # of non-CPP off the street hires versus # of CPP off the street hires to see if there’s a bias. Kind of like comparing people hired off the street at AA from a whole-owned subsidiary (skipping the flow) versus people hired off the street from an outside, non affiliated airline.

Again, not trying to be negative. I’m just as curious as you are.



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I'll pretend I'm HR to help.

Person A has the preferred educational requirements.
Person B does not.

I'm going to choose person A.



Going to online college is easy and inexpensive for someone earning 10 year captain pay at a regional. With your stats you could knock it out in 10 months with average effort. If you want the job get a degree.

I went from zero college to a BS in 3.5 years while working as an RJ FO. 12 months after I graduated and 5 job fairs later I interviewed and was hired.

I had similar experience as you and finished the BS at Liberty in a year and got hired at a major shortly after. Wish I had done it sooner rather than procrastinate for the typical reasons.

Has any info come out about the friends and family job fair this fall? Son of a united employee. I’m hoping you won’t have to be selected for it and just attend since my quals are roughly 2800 TT 450 PIC part 121, 4 year degree and a CP letter and 5 internals. Yeah I’ll admit, I’m low time. I just would like to be able to shake some hands, be charming and hand my resume out and dream of getting the email.

Can you apply to be an LCA at your regional? Check Airman time is golden and will make you more competitive.

Would a 135 LCA also be golden?

Depends on the size of the flight department.... 4 pilots and you are an LCA not so much. I highly suggest 121 time. Just the competitive facts.

It seems like the majority selected for this job fair have been LCAs or have some sort of airline or military instruction background. Anyone get an invite without these qualifications? If so, what do your numbers look like?

Check airman letter is gold.

Also, whether you have a letter from the FAA vs just a company “nod”.