Interview/Hiring Updates
11-05-2025 | 10:15 AM
#1101
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Lucky enough to have an upcoming interview with UAL. Any advice from folks who have recently interviewed? I know the obvious answer is hire a prep company, which I have. But I also think that has backfired on me in the past when I interviewed for another legacy and got the dreaded TBNT. Maybe I was too scripted/over prepared? United has always been my dream. I have mil and 121 experience.
11-12-2025 | 03:27 AM
#1102
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Am I Competitive?
Hello, am I competitive?
1050 A320/1 SIC
2750 total time
0 TPIC
3 internal UA LORs, 2 from present employer
not spirit pilot
plenty of leadership experience in current and prior career/volunteer roles.
Feeling dejected and behind schedule seeing United hire so many pilots in short order as I’m 39 and understand the impact to seniority. Anyway, just wondering if I’m competitive? Have a chief pilot meet and greet in a few weeks.
1050 A320/1 SIC
2750 total time
0 TPIC
3 internal UA LORs, 2 from present employer
not spirit pilot
plenty of leadership experience in current and prior career/volunteer roles.
Feeling dejected and behind schedule seeing United hire so many pilots in short order as I’m 39 and understand the impact to seniority. Anyway, just wondering if I’m competitive? Have a chief pilot meet and greet in a few weeks.
11-12-2025 | 06:42 AM
#1103
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Posts: 14,081
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Hello, am I competitive?
1050 A320/1 SIC
2750 total time
0 TPIC
3 internal UA LORs, 2 from present employer
not spirit pilot
plenty of leadership experience in current and prior career/volunteer roles.
Feeling dejected and behind schedule seeing United hire so many pilots in short order as I’m 39 and understand the impact to seniority. Anyway, just wondering if I’m competitive? Have a chief pilot meet and greet in a few weeks.
1050 A320/1 SIC
2750 total time
0 TPIC
3 internal UA LORs, 2 from present employer
not spirit pilot
plenty of leadership experience in current and prior career/volunteer roles.
Feeling dejected and behind schedule seeing United hire so many pilots in short order as I’m 39 and understand the impact to seniority. Anyway, just wondering if I’m competitive? Have a chief pilot meet and greet in a few weeks.
Attrition Skyrocketing
They also have the advantage (if you want to call it that) of being from a distressed ALPA union. While that supply is not inexhaustible, the worse the situation at NK becomes the more movement you will see in the most highly experienced portion of their pilots. While you clearly are qualified competition may be tough for awhile even though you are doing all the right things. Best thing you can do (at least in my opinion) is fly your butt off and gain more TT as quickly as possible.
As an aside, plenty of people get hired in their forties and have long rewarding careers. Seniority in a multi-type fleet is different than in a fleet that flys only one aircraft type.
11-12-2025 | 06:56 AM
#1104
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Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 153
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Hello, am I competitive?
1050 A320/1 SIC
2750 total time
0 TPIC
3 internal UA LORs, 2 from present employer
not spirit pilot
plenty of leadership experience in current and prior career/volunteer roles.
Feeling dejected and behind schedule seeing United hire so many pilots in short order as I’m 39 and understand the impact to seniority. Anyway, just wondering if I’m competitive? Have a chief pilot meet and greet in a few weeks.
1050 A320/1 SIC
2750 total time
0 TPIC
3 internal UA LORs, 2 from present employer
not spirit pilot
plenty of leadership experience in current and prior career/volunteer roles.
Feeling dejected and behind schedule seeing United hire so many pilots in short order as I’m 39 and understand the impact to seniority. Anyway, just wondering if I’m competitive? Have a chief pilot meet and greet in a few weeks.
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11-12-2025 | 07:08 AM
#1105
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Joined: Feb 2022
Posts: 579
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From: 73FO
Hello, am I competitive?
1050 A320/1 SIC
2750 total time
0 TPIC
3 internal UA LORs, 2 from present employer
not spirit pilot
plenty of leadership experience in current and prior career/volunteer roles.
Feeling dejected and behind schedule seeing United hire so many pilots in short order as I’m 39 and understand the impact to seniority. Anyway, just wondering if I’m competitive? Have a chief pilot meet and greet in a few weeks.
1050 A320/1 SIC
2750 total time
0 TPIC
3 internal UA LORs, 2 from present employer
not spirit pilot
plenty of leadership experience in current and prior career/volunteer roles.
Feeling dejected and behind schedule seeing United hire so many pilots in short order as I’m 39 and understand the impact to seniority. Anyway, just wondering if I’m competitive? Have a chief pilot meet and greet in a few weeks.
Your numbers are low for the moment, especially the PIC time, but as hiring picks up, what is considered competitive will trend downwards.
Upgrade, fly your butt off, update your app, do interview prep. Rinse wash repeat.
11-12-2025 | 09:43 AM
#1106
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Put your app in and have the hiring team determine that, not a board of random pilots and trolls.
Your numbers are low for the moment, especially the PIC time, but as hiring picks up, what is considered competitive will trend downwards.
Upgrade, fly your butt off, update your app, do interview prep. Rinse wash repeat.
Your numbers are low for the moment, especially the PIC time, but as hiring picks up, what is considered competitive will trend downwards.
Upgrade, fly your butt off, update your app, do interview prep. Rinse wash repeat.
11-12-2025 | 10:32 AM
#1107
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But flight hours are as soon as your next bid. Are you maximizing block? Or soft time? There is nothing you can do about the total time of others applying to United or other majors. There is something you can do about your total time. And hours matter. 3000 hrs TT won’t guarantee you’ll beat the competition but 2750 hours means you are EASILY in the bottom 10% - maybe even 5% - of legacy applicants and attracts negative notice.
11-12-2025 | 10:37 AM
#1108
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But flight hours are as soon as your next bid. Are you maximizing block? Or soft time? There is nothing you can do about the total time of others applying to United or other majors. There is something you can do about your total time. And hours matter. 3000 hrs TT won’t guarantee you’ll beat the competition but 2750 hours means you are EASILY in the bottom 10% - maybe even 5% - of legacy applicants and attracts negative notice.
11-13-2025 | 04:31 AM
#1110
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*we as in regular non management lien pilots
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