Originally Posted by
Uplinker
It is disappointing, but I can imagine how it happens.
Airlines and aircraft operators receive hundreds, thousands of pilot applications. Imagine trawling through an inbox with 100's or 1000's of applications. Or opening that many letters. If I had to do it, it would take me hours - probably days. Best you can hope for is a generic "no thank you" cut and pasted to all.
You need three things to become a commercial pilot: Money. Ability. Luck.
Don't be offended; keep trying and be lucky
Thanks for the wishes of good luck. But I think you may have misunderstood: Both my friend and I have been professional pilots for a long time. He applied for a job there, after(!) I had been in contact with someone I know who is high up the FlexJet Europe management chain. I was told: Yes, tell your friend to apply and follow up with an email. We did just that. He applied online and I followed up by email as agreed, and again a couple of weeks later when I hadn't heard anything back. Still haven't heard anything since.