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I enjoyed your long and informative thread about the F-14. The age 60 thing got me 15 years ago and I still miss the flying (United), the airplanes, and the people we worked with. Your talk about the TO procedure at Orange County brought back fond memories, what a treat to be paid for that.
Years after starting United, I learned that the HR guy who hired me at had washed out of Navy flight training and did his commission obligation in the surface fleet, on an oiler that our DE worked with. The interview was going great, lots of sea stories, until he got to the "education" part on my application. United even then required minimum 2 yrs college. I had barely a year of credits, and he had every reason to be bitter about me trying for the job he missed. He was kind to a 23 yr old ATP with 3k hours, and approved me. The rest is history. I will forever be grateful for that.
Jim D
I enjoyed your long and informative thread about the F-14. The age 60 thing got me 15 years ago and I still miss the flying (United), the airplanes, and the people we worked with. Your talk about the TO procedure at Orange County brought back fond memories, what a treat to be paid for that.
Years after starting United, I learned that the HR guy who hired me at had washed out of Navy flight training and did his commission obligation in the surface fleet, on an oiler that our DE worked with. The interview was going great, lots of sea stories, until he got to the "education" part on my application. United even then required minimum 2 yrs college. I had barely a year of credits, and he had every reason to be bitter about me trying for the job he missed. He was kind to a 23 yr old ATP with 3k hours, and approved me. The rest is history. I will forever be grateful for that.
Jim D