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Originally Posted by terminal (Post 2810118)

Don’t forget the handful of SWA, Delta, FEDEX AA, UPS guys that leave their airline to go to UA as well

The way this used to work is you put out youar applications and then went to the prom with first hot chic that asked you. I know some dudes that both applied at American and Delta back in the day. each interviewed with both airlines. AA hired one, and DA hired the other guy. Go figure.

Fed Ex and UPS would both be pretty hot dates if you ask me.

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Originally Posted by baseball (Post 2810283)

I like that. I vote you in charge.

It's pretty easy to go and out get a MBA, or Masters in Human Resource Management. We could get a few pilots to go out and do this, and then we would have all the qualifications we need to do this. Think of all the money we would save. No need to hire a department of people when we could simply give our pilots a few no fly days a month, pay 'em a little bit like FODM's and call it good. An HR Masters degree is the easiest thing you could do (seriously it is).

It's probably going to be pretty important. As the so-called pilot shortage wanes on, fewer qualified applicants to choose from, that translates into the necessity of having a better hiring process on our end.

https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-crashes-deteriorating-pilot-skills-airbus-2019-4

And there it is. Admission that stick and rudder are degrading all while the HR at airlines continue to hire the 4.0gpa without any experience other than a little right seat time and a 121 regional. I might only have gotten a 2.95 but I can fly a visual approach into a mountainous airport without FMS guidance and spot land a 35k aircraft on a 4900’ strip. But I can’t seem to get an interview lol.
I made a choice to go to a 135 where I could upgrade faster and get some real challenging flying experience and now it seems as though it’s going to be harder to get to a Major had I stayed at my regional carrier. But hey, c'est la vie. ☺️

I guess I’ll answer my own question.

Just received the Hogan invite and becoming United link the other day after starting this thread so that’s kind of crazy for timing. It appears the “becoming United” portion is meant for all employees applying at United regardless of position. There is a 3-5 minute video and about 30-40 personality type questions. Fairly straightforward I believe and didn’t take more than 20 minutes to go through.

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Originally Posted by NxNW (Post 2810455)

Odd. I got the Hogan invite and passed. No “becoming United”.

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Originally Posted by NxNW (Post 2810455)

It appears the “becoming United” portion is meant for all employees applying at United regardless of position. There is a 3-5 minute video and about 30-40 personality type questions. Fairly straightforward I believe and didn’t take more than 20 minutes to go through.

where do you take it?

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Originally Posted by penaltybox (Post 2810542)

where do you take it?

It was in a link in an email from United.

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Originally Posted by baseball (Post 2810283)

You need to examine our current hiring team, because it is full of pilots. It's obvious you have a grudge against HR types for some reason because you constantly post the same thing weekly. As a reminder, we have HR people facilitating because United has been sued by the federal government several times for their hiring practices. I was interviewed by a United Captain and an HR person who has worked in hiring at United for 20+ years, as has every other pilot candidate since 2012.

Pilots are involved in every aspect of the process from start to finish.

I interviewed recently, and am now a poolie (if that's the correct term). I did the 2 panels that all interviewees are doing these days.
Panel #1 was a senior, active FO and an HR rep that's been with United for a long time. Panel #2 was skills assessment with a LCA.
So, 2/3 of my interviewers were active, uniformed pilots. And the HR rep had been doing her job a long time. I know I'm not on property yet, but I have been flying professionally for well over 20 years, and the interview was very positive and very pilot-centric. Just a humble 2 cents from someone who recently went through the hiring gauntlet.

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Originally Posted by ReadyRsv (Post 2810614)

I was interviewed by a United Captain and an HR person who has worked in hiring at United for 20+ years, as has every other pilot candidate since 2012.

Well if that's the case then the HR rep in my interview must have been hired at the age of 8 or 9 because there was no way she was over 30 (hired in 2015).

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Originally Posted by okawner (Post 2810865)

Well if that's the case then the HR rep in my interview must have been hired at the age of 8 or 9 because there was no way she was over 30 (hired in 2015).

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Second that. 30 years old tops for my HR interviewer in early 2015.