skicapt when did you interview?

Mil IP. 5000TT, 4200 TPIC, 3300 ME, multiple type ratings. Straight forward panel interview and sim evaluation. No tricks whatsoever. Great experience. Good luck.

Anybody know what the average amount of time between phone call and interview?

2-3weeks......

Thanks for the info.

For you mil folks, my buddy just got hired with an avail. date in March.

Excellent...

Thanks. Good looking out. I hope I am so lucky to get an offer 6 months out! Congrats to him.

MIL Pilot, all fighter time - 2200 TT, 600 IP/SEFE, 1900 multi-enging turbine PIC, Director of Operations, Chief of Safety, M.B.A. also attended a job fair and recently completed training with a regional. Concur with Mooney, it was a great experience. I highly recommend ECIC for the interview portion and FTI for the sim prep. Congrats to those hired, looking forward to working with you. Good luck to those still waiting for the call, the proverbial flood gates are at least starting to leak. Make sure you do everything you can to prepare for the call.

I have one. Still waiting. :confused:


Trent

You're my boy blue!

Congrats brother, and to all the others too.

I have letter of Rec's from two FA's, one Seattle one LAX, working on the NYC one, she's feisty.

I am sure she is feisty after you hijacked NW 305 in 1971....:D

J/K Good luck to you...

You think that will hurt my chances? UA parked all their 72's

Even if they weren't parked, i think you would be OK as they were all modified with the "DB Copper switch" which was pointed out to us on our IOE ;)

Do the rejections come via mail post and the welcome aboards come via a phone call?

Mostly, Email = REJECTION, Phone Call = WELCOME TO UNITED.

Good Luck!

I've flown with some SEA based FA's , and if you have a letter from them, I would definitely question your judgement. When the 787 takes over SEA-NRT this November, those fine folks will get to do some domestic flying for the first time in 20 years. If that doesn't scare you, nothing will!

That's not fair at all.

The LUAL SEA FAs are wonderful women---so much so that Alaska Airlines selected one and painted her picture on the tail of all their airplanes.

The scary thing is, that was twenty years ago, she is still here, and she is junior in SEA!!

"Gorillas in the mist".

Hahaha! That is some funny stuff. Nice one.

Has anyone who interviewed last week heard anything good or bad?

Interviewed 10 days ago. No word yet.

You should hear by week's end.

Remember, if the board didn't meet yesterday, then they will meet on Friday. If this happens on Friday the calls may or may not go out on Friday but you all may have to wait until Monday. Ughhh I know but when you get the call you'll forgot all this waiting stuff.

Dies anyone know who is on the board? Or who makes up the board? I am also waiting from last week as well?

It's a cadre of folks trained by HR mostly comprised of special assignment FAs, interns, and a few secretaries from the TK pool. They rotate in and out on on FIFO basis. It seems counterintuitive but it works.

Besides, Wedensday is either golf day or ski day (depending on season) for the management pilots and HR folks in DEN.

I'm guessing the dreaded emails would probably go out this week and calls next week? It seems like those I've heard who got the emails usually got them later in the day after the hiring board met. I know, no use trying to analyze, but this is day 10 for me :-)

What kind of times is United hiring folks with? Are they looking for TPIC? Or just overall time and quality of experience?

I have been told (excluding "special cases") a four year was absolutely essential. That being said, I went out, last year, and did a four year degree! Check out Thomas Edison State College (tesc.edu) and talk to one of their admissions people. Between CLEP tests, all your ratings, and a whole lot of drive, you can complete a four year degree in less than a year, with an accredited college, for under 10k. I still haven't gotten the call myself, but am hoping things like that will show that I am driven to meet what ever requirements they set me, and thus separate me from the other 11000 hopefuls

That's awesome. Actually VP of flight ops, system chief and a few others, normally.

Funny guy, good luck with that!

The other 11,000 likely have degrees from real colleges.

I had a chance to talk to CV (director of hiring) the other day and I asked him what the average interviewee had timewise & recommendations. He said that there was all kind of ranges from 2500 hours to over 13,000 hours. He did say the "average" was about 7000-8000 hrs with a recommendation (internal recs worth more). He said he did read every recommendation, but that it didn't really matter who it was (he didn't look up his work history, if internal)

Here is some other tidbits he said:

-They expect FAR 117 to add about 10% to staffing
-You need to update your application at least every 180 days, or you will be flushed out of the active list
-The recommended amount to update your flight time on your application is once a month, but at least every 180 days
-You need to keep your first class medical current (doesn't differentiate for under or over 40) or you will be flushed out of active applications
-You need to have a FCC radio license or will be flushed out
-There is no notification to the applicant if you are flushed out of the active list, but when you clean up your app you will automatically go back into the active list
-There is a formula with points allocated for different items on the application for who actually gets the interview, so that is why the big range in flight time, it's only one part of it
-They are happy with the psychological test and the resulting applicants who pass (test developed for UAL specifically)
-Currently 10,500 apps on file with apps from US Air, Southwest and American pilots

That's it, I hope that helps anyone trying to get on. Good luck.

-You need to keep your first class medical current (doesn't differentiate for under or over 40) or you will be flushed out of active applications

Question: I interviewed with a 1st class that was 11 months old (I'm under 40). Nothing was said. I've held a 1st class medical for about the last 6 yrs. Being that I've already interviewed, and have a history of holding a first class IAW FAA, do you see this as a problem? If so, why would they call me in (and give me a seat on a rev flight)? Could it be as simple as a contingency based employment offer (ie. have a fresh 1st class when you check on)? The wait is killing me, especially with this 800# gorilla floating around.

Did your interview package not specifically state that your 1st class medical had to be dated within the last 6 months?

If the board is Friday, and if it's bad news (I hope not)you will get an email tomorrow afternoon---or get a call with the job offer-- the good news call could be Friday or Monday. I would say you are safe if no email by end of the day Friday.

Good luck on hearing some great news!

Just my opinion, but I think your good as long as you have already interviewed. Just make sure to keep it up to date, and if your worried about it do it now and update your app, but I don't think you need to. I know the wait is a killer. The last update I heard was that 77% passed the interview so your chances are good. Hang in there.

The top premise is false. If you are under forty, you are good for the whole 12 months. You are good to go.