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Current students and recent graduates only please.
UAL pilots that can answer too please.

What are the classes filled with? (Former ExpressJet pilots? CommutAir? SkyWest? Republic? Military? Corporate?)

What aircraft are going to new hires? 737 series? Airbus 319/320? Other?

What bases?

How hard is it to get IAH?

What's training like?

How hard is it to get accepted?

Thanks for answering my questions. I'm not sure why but I've always wanted UAL over other legacies. AA is nice but I want United. Seems like a better place to be.

You've come a long way since you posted the above a month and a half ago.

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Half and half Regional to Military.

Mostly 737.

SFO or EWR.

Faster to IAH on the 737 than the 320 currently.

Training is the big boy program but all instructors are there to help and will go above and beyond from what I've seen.

Accepted? Update AirlineApps monthly, don't let your passport or Class 1 Med expire.

Student01,

Honest question I'm not being hard on you. What rateings and how much time do you have?

The reason I ask is because unless you are hireable at this time no one can answer your questions. Every 6 months those answers change.

Keep working hard and one day we will be able to shine a lot more light on the situation for you.

MoP is right, hiring is a moving target. If you're just starting down this career path get your ratings and your bachelor degree. Get your degree in something that you'll complete. Network along the way, you never know who might be your next chief pilot. Keep trying to improve yourself. Keep some sort of journal that you can reference when you prep for an interview that has good stories for tell me about a time questions. Own your mistakes and grow from them.

This job is a rollercoaster. Despite all the bi@#$ing on this board it is still a great job with an office view that can't be beat.

To piggyback on TI and MoP who give great thoughts, I applaud you taking the initiative to ask questions before you make big decisions. Sounds like you've taken the "get your degree" advice to heart. Good. It's not the key to getting hired, but it would be the key to NOT getting hired if you didn't have it.

I don't think it's 50/50 military anymore, but that's just a guess on my part. I think it's more regional pilots, but that's just from my non-official observation of who the new hires are that I'm flying with. Lastly, be humble, listen to advice from folks who have been around for awhile but don't be afraid to question things that you don't understand or don't make sense, and be thankful that you're coming on at a GREAT time! HALF of our list is gone in 10 years

^^^THIS^^^ more like 70/30% RJ/MIL... current/qualified mil pilot pool is not what it used to be...

As of last week at the interview they were claiming 53% mil to this point in 2016.

Has anyone been hired with 3 or 4 checkride failures from back in commercial and CFI training but 0 training problems in last 12 years with several Jet 121 types and jet PIC? Im just finishing degree and would love to come to United next year but afraid these failures from 2005 might hurt. Anyone with similar experience?

Okay,

How can you have no training issues and have 3 OR 4 (what is it 3 or 4?) check ride failures? And yes I'd say that is a HUGE problem.