1,500 Pilots
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1,500 Pilots
My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who heard United is hiring 1,500 pilots in the next 12 months. I guess it's pretty serious.
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The only real way to get an interview is to check as many boxes as you can on an application to hopefully increase the odds that a computer will score your application high and draw your name out of the hat. There is an incredible amount of dumb luck getting invited to an interview in this industry considering how many equally qualified applicants there are competing for a limited number of positions.
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A joke yes, but it's not without precedent.
A million years ago there was a bottom-of-the-barrel 135 commuter outfit near my homedrome that had an ad in the paper for new FO's for their fleet of old worn-out Beech 99s. They had truly laughable mins for what they paid. 3000TT, 2000ME, 1000 PT6. or something similar. And a big ugly disclaimer in the ad about not bothering to apply unless you met their stringent minimum requirements.
A local CFI got her multi-engine ticket one week and was in their ground school the next.
That was almost 40 years ago.
Later on, I was a Captain for Brand X which folded. I found myself interviewing the next week at Brand Y where they proudly told me just how unqualified I was to fly their Shorts SD330. The only reason that I was there was because I was current in 135 ops as Captain in the NE. Yet, one of my classmates had remarkable non-credentials.
It's a funny industry.
A million years ago there was a bottom-of-the-barrel 135 commuter outfit near my homedrome that had an ad in the paper for new FO's for their fleet of old worn-out Beech 99s. They had truly laughable mins for what they paid. 3000TT, 2000ME, 1000 PT6. or something similar. And a big ugly disclaimer in the ad about not bothering to apply unless you met their stringent minimum requirements.
A local CFI got her multi-engine ticket one week and was in their ground school the next.
That was almost 40 years ago.
Later on, I was a Captain for Brand X which folded. I found myself interviewing the next week at Brand Y where they proudly told me just how unqualified I was to fly their Shorts SD330. The only reason that I was there was because I was current in 135 ops as Captain in the NE. Yet, one of my classmates had remarkable non-credentials.
It's a funny industry.
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The school hasn't opened yet or maybe I should say hasn't opened for business as United Aviate Academy or whatever it will be called, I guess they bought a working flight school.
Anyway, I hope this is true. Hiring 1500 pilots in a year would be a good sign.
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