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Old 04-12-2023 | 11:54 AM
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I am a new regional pilot (about 100 hours of Part 121, in a non-united wholly owned regional). The application requirements on the United website specify ATP minimums with 1000 turbine time preferred. I have a few question application wise:

1. What is a good time to send in an application? is sooner better than later?
2. Will a speeding ticket from 2010 and 2014 (no DUI, no suspensions) make a difference in the application? I plan to mention those of course.
3. I have recommendation letters from regional pilots and AA pilots, is it a huge benefit to have letters from United pilots as well? Or just a nice to have?

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Old 04-12-2023 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AirlineViolin
Hello!

I am a new regional pilot (about 100 hours of Part 121, in a non-united wholly owned regional). The application requirements on the United website specify ATP minimums with 1000 turbine time preferred. I have a few question application wise:

1. What is a good time to send in an application? is sooner better than later?
2. Will a speeding ticket from 2010 and 2014 (no DUI, no suspensions) make a difference in the application? I plan to mention those of course.
3. I have recommendation letters from regional pilots and AA pilots, is it a huge benefit to have letters from United pilots as well? Or just a nice to have?

Thank you for your kind input!
1. I don’t know about this one. I want to say “apply when the bare minimums are met and update often” but there may be merit to waiting until closer to meeting preferred mins. Not sure how/when apps are scored in the new system.

2. Probably not an issue, but definitely report both and try not to get another one. 2010-2014-2023 looks like pattern, 2010-2014 looks like you learned. Be ready to articulate that.

3. Yes, internal LORs help. The golden ticket is a friend at United sponsoring you for a meet and greet with a CPO—if that goes well then you get an internal from a CP which is one of the most helpful things you can have. If you have friends at United they’ll be familiar with the internal messages we get explaining how to sponsor a meet & greet.
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Old 04-12-2023 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by AirlineViolin
Hello!

I am a new regional pilot (about 100 hours of Part 121, in a non-united wholly owned regional). The application requirements on the United website specify ATP minimums with 1000 turbine time preferred. I have a few question application wise:

1. What is a good time to send in an application? is sooner better than later?
2. Will a speeding ticket from 2010 and 2014 (no DUI, no suspensions) make a difference in the application? I plan to mention those of course.
3. I have recommendation letters from regional pilots and AA pilots, is it a huge benefit to have letters from United pilots as well? Or just a nice to have?

Thank you for your kind input!
Apply now and go meet them at a job fair and keep updating your application.
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Old 04-12-2023 | 01:29 PM
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^^^this^^^. Even though you’re a year or more out from mins it seems to help your score to have an established application that is being updated.

Re: speeding tickets. Just report them. I have a few with the last one being 2017. Wasn’t asked about them in interview.
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Old 04-12-2023 | 02:51 PM
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Apply to Delta.
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Old 05-11-2023 | 06:18 PM
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I am filling out the application right now and after doing my flight times I am showing about 200 extra than I actually have.
Does United not want you to count as PIC the hours that you received dual instruction? I have lots of instruction from back in the day working on my instrument rating in a 172 after I passed my PPL, but my instructors (one of whom is at United now) always insisted I log everything as PIC when we did lessons. I can't figure out where else it could be coming from?
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Old 05-12-2023 | 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by KaraokeMan
I am filling out the application right now and after doing my flight times I am showing about 200 extra than I actually have.
Does United not want you to count as PIC the hours that you received dual instruction? I have lots of instruction from back in the day working on my instrument rating in a 172 after I passed my PPL, but my instructors (one of whom is at United now) always insisted I log everything as PIC when we did lessons. I can't figure out where else it could be coming from?
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Err on the conservative side. Do not count dual received PIC. Don’t count PIC if you really were SIC but manipulating the controls on empty legs like at a charter or fractional. PIC is when YOU sign for the aircraft.

You will sleep better at night knowing you did not count questionable PIC time.
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