UAL HR e-mail

[blueskies8]

Just curious if any one else received an e-mail from Human Resources at UAL asking for pilot times. I filled out the application in July and know that I already submitted flight times. What does this mean if anything?

 

[JudgeSmails218]

The same thing happened to me a couple months ago. When I went to start the resubmission process I got a msg stating I'd already done it. I think it may be a glitch of some sort. I received the initial personality test email last week and am still waiting on the results of that.

 

[blueskies8]

Thanks for the response. I submitted the original application on the 18th of July and see that the pilot time instructions were updated on the 25th of July. On this latest submission I did not get a msg indicating I had already completed the pilot times and it appeared to go through no problem. There were a couple of questions that were different from my original application however. We'll see what happens next.

Cheers

 

[Lear70]

I have been told that if there is a disparity between one system and the other, they will catch it when looking at your app prior to making the HR phone call, and send you an email that tells you to "update your times".

This usually means that one or two of your columns aren't adding up right between the two systems.

The instructions actually say keep one window open and cross-check your entries.

Once I did this, I got the phone call within 72 hours from HR going over my application. Didn't make it past that step, got the "thanks but no thanks" email last week.

 

[Bigoober]

When I went through the hiring process, I was told that the database was entering an extra field in the flight hours of one of the tables and that they were having to have applicants resubmit to help clear that.

Makes sense but I would have figured that they had cleared that up by now.

 

[anotherF16pilot]

Got the same email yesterday. I applied day 1 FWIW. Good luck all...

 

[Ottersphere]

UAL Application Saga

I also got the flight time questionnaire again recently after having applied in July. How incredibly frustrating this whole process is.

jr

 

[Paul R. Smith]

I got the invite to do the psych test about a month after doing the flight time update questionaire. I took the psych test and came up screwy. They sent me a "thanks but we would rather hire mentally stable pilots" email . Oh well.


Good luck to the rest of ya.:beer:

 

[pilotss]

Don't worry bro I got the same thing.

It is confusing in some of the questions because in the instructions it says if you are on the fence about an answer then think if it pertains to a majority of the time you feel that way. But, the questions contain quantifiers such as sometime or at times. So sometime of the majority of times?

7000hr bus rated pilot former employee with a 4 year degree taken down by a 100 T/F questions test that had nothing to do with aviation.

Good thing I got hired elsewhere.

 

[cscflystraight]

Like many others, I got the update flight times email; but not a psych test yet...

 

[blueskies8]

Any of you folks that received this flight times e-mail in Nov. got the HR call or psych test e-mail yet. Just curious as I haven't heard a thing since I resubmitted my times and by the sounds of it there will be considerable hiring in early '08.

 

[temcgrew]

How long after the Psych test did it take to get the email? I just did the thing yesterday and wondering how crazy I am.

 

[Lear70]

How long after the Psych test did it take to get the email? I just did the thing yesterday and wondering how crazy I am.

Actually, I got a phone call, not an email. Took about a week.

An HR girl called me to go over my application and a couple of "hiccups" including a LOI I got from the Feds back in '96 (it was dropped, no certificate action) and my recent experiences with airTran.

She was very nice, said I would either receive a "continue and schedule your interview" email or a "thanks but no thanks" email. I got the latter about 8 or 9 days later.

Can't imagine applying in another year after they've hired 600-800 people above you unless the economy drastically improves. With the way the legacies tend to hire right up until they furlough, it would be very uncomfortable not to get in on the first year or two of hiring at any legacy...

Good luck to all of you!

 

[Getter]

Actually, I got a phone call, not an email. Took about a week.

An HR girl called me to go over my application and a couple of "hiccups" including a LOI I got from the Feds back in '96 (it was dropped, no certificate action) and my recent experiences with airTran.

She was very nice, said I would either receive a "continue and schedule your interview" email or a "thanks but no thanks" email. I got the latter about 8 or 9 days later.

Can't imagine applying in another year after they've hired 600-800 people above you unless the economy drastically improves. With the way the legacies tend to hire right up until they furlough, it would be very uncomfortable not to get in on the first year or two of hiring at any legacy...

Good luck to all of you!

Just about everywhere I've ever worked hires until they furlough or "lay off". At least with the furlough you get a choice to come back. Its not just a legacy thing.

 

[temcgrew]

I just got the email wanting me to call them. I filled out the psych test yesterday. What can I expect from the phone call? Interview questions, logbook info? Or maybe they will just tell me I'm crazy?

 

[Lear70]

The phone call was a brief "let's go over your application and anything that might be out of the ordinary (failed checkrides, etc if you have anything)."

It was also a chance to go over your flight times, specifically your jet PIC, TP PIC over 12,500 lbs, under 12,500 lbs, etc. - they'll ask you to have your logbooks handy and your printed application would be a real plus.

They'll then ask you "Why United", "What do you like least about your current carrier", 3 or 4 typical HR type questions.

Was only about 15-20 minutes, not long at all...

Good luck!

 

[PapaGiorgio]

Well I guess I'll throw my experience thus far out there.
I applied sometime in the summer and got that "please update your flight times" message in late November. Once I did that it was just a few days until the Hogan test. A couple of days after that I had the phone interview. Seems pretty standard as far that goes. Just a 15-20 minute verification of your app and few random questions. I tried to make a little small talk with lady as well. Got the invitation to take that other test within the 72 hrs they said it would take to notify me if I was moving forward.

My question is.....what is the actual interview like? There really doesn't seem to be a whole lot of gouge floating around like the other carriers have. I think someone told me there is no more sim ride??

 

[JetPilot_Mike]

There isn't much info on the interview because we had to sign a Non-disclosure statement. I can say that it is part technical and part TMAAT. There is no sim ride.

 

[Mkubwa]

After taking the Hogan assessment, does UAL HR contact you via email first saying you've passed or do they just call you out of the blue?

Took the Hogan assessment weeks ago but haven't been called or emailed anything. What's up?

 

[Lear70]

They called me out of the blue, I just happened to be sitting at my house and had my logbooks right there.

They offered to reschedule for a time I would have them available, it just happened to work out.