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#2142
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2008
Posts: 28
No calls yet, been waiting 15.5 years
I have apps in at Fedex, UPS, Delta, United and SW. 15 years at SkyWest and checkairman, but 55 years of age. Never received one invite offer. No accidents, incidents or discipline and a four year degree with a 4.0 GPA. Military veteran as well, but not as a pilot.
13,000 hours flying experience in Canada, U.S, and Mexico. Been holding down the fort since 911, but watching co-pilots getting the call. Believe me I am not happy.
13,000 hours flying experience in Canada, U.S, and Mexico. Been holding down the fort since 911, but watching co-pilots getting the call. Believe me I am not happy.
#2143
On Reserve
Joined APC: Oct 2015
Position: Right Seat
Posts: 23
I have apps in at Fedex, UPS, Delta, United and SW. 15 years at SkyWest and checkairman, but 55 years of age. Never received one invite offer. No accidents, incidents or discipline and a four year degree with a 4.0 GPA. Military veteran as well, but not as a pilot.
13,000 hours flying experience in Canada, U.S, and Mexico. Been holding down the fort since 911, but watching co-pilots getting the call. Believe me I am not happy.
13,000 hours flying experience in Canada, U.S, and Mexico. Been holding down the fort since 911, but watching co-pilots getting the call. Believe me I am not happy.
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#2145
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2012
Position: A330 FO
Posts: 275
[QUOTE=cdub;2195543]I have apps in at Fedex, UPS, Delta, United and SW. 15 years at SkyWest and checkairman, but 55 years of age. Never received one invite offer. No accidents, incidents or discipline and a four year degree with a 4.0 GPA. Military veteran as well, but not as a pilot.
13,000 hours flying experience in Canada, U.S, and Mexico. Been holding down the fort since 911, but watching co-pilots getting the call. Believe me I am not happy.[/
You are from the "lost generation" of pilots. There are plenty of us out there that will be ignored by the Legacies, FedEx and UPS. You can pay someone to tell you this but the computer algorithms being used make it difficult if you are out of the parameters for age and your labeled unmotivated for not moving on to bigger equipment despite your stellar qualifications. You can also pay someone to review your app. and tell you you should capitalize NA or go to a job fair. The computer still has to pick you though. I am 100% positive Allegiant, Frontier, Spirit, Atlas, ABX and Jetblue would hire you in the next few months though. Consider it a consolidation prize for doing everything right except for timing. You have every right to be frustrated.
13,000 hours flying experience in Canada, U.S, and Mexico. Been holding down the fort since 911, but watching co-pilots getting the call. Believe me I am not happy.[/
You are from the "lost generation" of pilots. There are plenty of us out there that will be ignored by the Legacies, FedEx and UPS. You can pay someone to tell you this but the computer algorithms being used make it difficult if you are out of the parameters for age and your labeled unmotivated for not moving on to bigger equipment despite your stellar qualifications. You can also pay someone to review your app. and tell you you should capitalize NA or go to a job fair. The computer still has to pick you though. I am 100% positive Allegiant, Frontier, Spirit, Atlas, ABX and Jetblue would hire you in the next few months though. Consider it a consolidation prize for doing everything right except for timing. You have every right to be frustrated.
#2146
Moonbeam: Your words give me hope. Why in your opinion do you think LCC's will begin to open their gates unlike in the last year or so? Cheers! Im really hoping for JetBlue when it comes to domestic flying!
#2147
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2010
Position: 737 capt
Posts: 335
I have apps in at Fedex, UPS, Delta, United and SW. 15 years at SkyWest and checkairman, but 55 years of age. Never received one invite offer. No accidents, incidents or discipline and a four year degree with a 4.0 GPA. Military veteran as well, but not as a pilot.
13,000 hours flying experience in Canada, U.S, and Mexico. Been holding down the fort since 911, but watching co-pilots getting the call. Believe me I am not happy.
13,000 hours flying experience in Canada, U.S, and Mexico. Been holding down the fort since 911, but watching co-pilots getting the call. Believe me I am not happy.
#2148
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2015
Position: pj's and coffee
Posts: 228
I have flown with the co-pilots that got the call and they all have the same thing in common; they actively pursued the job. They all tell me stories about the high time captains they flew with who "would not play the game" i.e. going to job fairs and networking. The majors are hiring people not flight time.
But if I understand the application process well enough, all the places he applied to save for Delta use computers to pull the highest scoring apps at the time based on whatever scoring system they have in place. If that's the case, then wouldn't it be that the way you "play the game" with the computers is to maximize your score by checking as many boxes as possible? (Honest questions from someone applying soon.) It just doesn't jive to me that a guy like this needs to "play the game" more and it may be that his stats (age, hours, etc) aren't what the scoring logarithms are looking for. But please someone tell me if I'm way off base here.
#2150
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2015
Position: pj's and coffee
Posts: 228
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