Some post career fair observations from a friend

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Some good United stuff from today's Q&A by United recruitment and Bill Kennedy

- many applicants are really good at updating their flight times in AirlineApps but they miss updating their FAA First Class Medical and/or their Passport, once they renew them

- Regarding "common errors" to avoid in AirlineApps: 1) Always be truthful including failed checkrides, training difficulties, GPA, etc. 2) Update medical, passport, ATP and all documents 3) Double check for spelling and grammatical errors 4) This is our first impression of you so SHINE - make it neat, clean and complete.

- Hogan: Don't be distracted, take it for you, do not answer questions as if you believe United would want them answered. Be consistent and answers should come from your first inclination.

- Hiring projections for 2018 are currently between 500-700. Construction of our FTC should be complete by June 2018.

- United will be hosting our own career fairs in 2018 and more information will follow in the coming months. We will attend various organization events as a corporation and continue our sponsorships; however, we will not be participating in the pilot career fair portion.

- Regarding LORs, 4-5 letters of recommendation are sufficient. LORs may come from internal and external referrals. We are looking for quality and character references vs a specific number.

- Chief Pilot meet-and-greets 'may' be beneficial and are a way to gain professional development, but it does not guarantee an interview or being placed higher in the process.

- ALL applicants are scored against the same algorithm. It doesn't matter what your background is, what your education is, etc.

- In the Addendum section of the application, there is a question that asks if you have ever paid a fine for a conviction on your record. Do traffic violation fines apply to this question? - NO

- We recommend update your application monthly (particularly if you are actively flying and building your hours).

- A Masters degree makes an applicant more competitive in the process. (Also verbally stated that degree doesn't have to be from brick and mortar and major doesn't matter)

- We view heavy time and oversees flying as we would view 121 flying in the US. The time adds to AirlineApps and your competitiveness for our process.

- here are the competitive minimums. These are the averages for the 502 pilots we hired in 2016:
Average Total Flight Time = 5,583
Average PIC Time = 2,984
Average Turbine Time = 4,816

- Part 121 time does not get scored any higher than Part 135

- the algorithm doesn't give any points for type ratings.

- We will post and widely communicate in 2018 communication regarding our hosted career expos. We plan to have a variety of different career expos over the next few years targeting various organizations and pilots in the flying community.
 
AAPalmTree said:
The job hunt threads are getting a little flat. I want to hear what the dummies are doing.
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If my friend got started on that, you'd accuse him of being an exaggerating "fabulist" because you wouldn't believe the stories. Trust me!
 
Soooo, in other words, the hiring process at United hasn't changed at UAL since the late 80s, except minus the Frasca ride and Scantron.
 
AAPalmTree said:
The job hunt threads are getting a little flat. I want to hear what the dummies are doing.
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Derg said:
If my friend got started on that, you'd accuse him of being an exaggerating "fabulist" because you wouldn't believe the stories. Trust me!
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So, how many years do I put down if I only have a BS? I completed it in 3 years. Plus, love the post by the guy who said he was an LCA on the space shuttle.
 
Cptnchia said:
So, how many years do I put down if I only have a BS? I completed it in 3 years. Plus, love the post by the guy who said he was an LCA on the space shuttle.
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Those are the types that demand that he's got 5,000 hours but you haven't called, and when my friend says "if you're going to hire by the number of hours, he's on the low side of the scale"
 
Does anyone happen to know how long it usually takes to get an interview invite (if of course that's what they decide) from the time your application is pulled for review for Delta? Just wondering if i should give up hope for now or not. Supposedly my app was pulled back on Nov 1.
 
I hear DPR likes it now if you post on their Facebook page and/or other social media about how eventually they're going to be BEGGING for you to show up and start class... For bonus points, let them know that you already basically fly for them because you fly for a regional carrier of theirs.


You can trust me... I'm definitely not trying to thin the competition. Definitely. :cool:
 
Dphoenix said:
I hear DPR likes it now if you post on their Facebook page and/or other social media about how eventually they're going to be BEGGING for you to show up and start class... For bonus points, let them know that you already basically fly for them because you fly for a regional carrier of theirs.


You can trust me... I'm definitely not trying to thin the competition. Definitely. :cool:
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Don’t forget to mention that having a degree is overrated.
 
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