Recent Calls for Interviews
01-09-2014, 03:38 AM
#371
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How much weight do LORs from current United pilots help in the selection process? Is it safe to assume out of the 10,000 or so applications on file, that a great majority of them has LORs on file and that it really is no help to have one at this point in the game.
01-09-2014, 03:47 AM
#372
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Position: Heavies
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How much weight do LORs from current United pilots help in the selection process? Is it safe to assume out of the 10,000 or so applications on file, that a great majority of them has LORs on file and that it really is no help to have one at this point in the game.
01-09-2014, 04:08 AM
#373
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So my chances of getting a call went from slightly, to nil. If pilots like yourself can't get a call, an average Joe like myself has no chance. Trying to be optimistic but it can get discouraging.
01-09-2014, 04:12 AM
#374
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Look at people that are getting calls. They run from the extremely well connected, very experienced guys to the very average joe with only a few recs and in the 3-4000 hour range. I am certainly not giving up hope even though I only have one internal rec. I keep updating my app. and keep working the networking. Hopefully it will all work out.
01-09-2014, 05:11 AM
#375
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: A320
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I only had two internals and absolutely nothing special on my resume. I just kept going to job fairs and eventually it worked out. Don't lose hope! I had the lowest quals out of all the guys I interviewed with.
01-09-2014, 07:54 AM
#377
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Joined APC: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,244
Look at people that are getting calls. They run from the extremely well connected, very experienced guys to the very average joe with only a few recs and in the 3-4000 hour range. I am certainly not giving up hope even though I only have one internal rec. I keep updating my app. and keep working the networking. Hopefully it will all work out.
Keep updating, networking, and soliciting recs until the phone rings. I know of guys that had over two dozen internal recs that finally got the call.
There are a lot of qualified folks you're competing against. Qualified with a couple of recs is probably above the curve, but that curve is still 10-12k deep.
01-26-2014, 04:06 AM
#378
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Joined APC: Nov 2010
Position: Corporate Pilot
Posts: 405
Any corporate guys getting calls? I've done 121, 135, and 91. I fly 2 types for a large company. Things were great but are changing rapidly and looks like they will be forcing me to move soon and I DONT want to relocate my young kids to where they are moving us. I used to fly for a United Express carrier (Air Wisconsin) but was only there for 3 years. Does having experience in flying UAL pax carry any weight or is that pool already saturated?
01-26-2014, 06:29 AM
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Any corporate guys getting calls? I've done 121, 135, and 91. I fly 2 types for a large company. Things were great but are changing rapidly and looks like they will be forcing me to move soon and I DONT want to relocate my young kids to where they are moving us. I used to fly for a United Express carrier (Air Wisconsin) but was only there for 3 years. Does having experience in flying UAL pax carry any weight or is that pool already saturated?
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