Would anyone be aware how to set up an appointment for a meet & greet with the IAH assistant or chief pilot? I want to make sure that United would be a great opportunity for me if I can get the phone call. Thanks everyone.

 

These are coordinated via current pilots.

 

 

So you basically want to sit down with someone so they can convince you that you should come to work here?

 

Any idea how a current pilot would set one of these M&G's up for a good candidate? Is there any benefit to face to face with a CP for getting a guy an interview?

 

A recent FOU addresses this.

 

The United pilot walks into the cp office or emails him and asks to set up a meet and greet for someone. Usually attaches a resume do the cp to look at and decide if it's worth his time. They are much harder to come by these days. And if you get the CP rec, its pretty safe to assume you'll have an interview within 2 months. I've heard any chief pilot is only allowed to submit 24 recs in a year. So that's less than 250 cp recs handed out per year, company wide.

 

 

Thanks, but you sound.......over qualified.

 

There are a lot of red flags between this post and your other posts. One word of caution is to be more discreet online. You are putting out personal details and it wouldn't be difficult for a future interviewer or someone who screens apps to piece it together. It is a very small world.

As for the question, the chief pilot meet and greets are internally set up through someone who already works for the company. If you want to learn about the company I would highly suggest you start networking, go to a career fair, and read some of these forums well before trying to impress a chief. It will give you insight into the structure of the application process and will allow you to avoid the pitfalls that snag so many people. If you sit in the CPO and are asking them unresearched questions it won't go well and will be useless as the average line pilot will have a better grasp on the day to day life at United.

In another post you said you didn't have any letters of recommendation and in the next breath you were wondering why you can't get a call. The average interviewed candidate has over 8 internals and at most recruiting events they will explain why it is important. They do not have to be internal but should be someone that can speak to your character. They do not expire and you can form a collection over time. As you get more internal you can delete the weaker outside letters.