Light at the end of the tunnel
02-21-2011, 12:21 PM
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Light at the end of the tunnel
I just read on another forum that beginning in December of next year, United will have a pilot retire every 18 hours. That is a pretty amazing statistic especially when you add in all of the other carriers that will have similar numbers based on age 65 retirements. Couple this with improved rest requirements, improvements in contracts at United and American and eventually US Air and there could be a huge hiring boom in the near future. It is still a ways off, but my guess is they will have to start spooling up training departments at least 4-5 months prior.
02-21-2011, 01:30 PM
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I just read on another forum that beginning in December of next year, United will have a pilot retire every 18 hours. That is a pretty amazing statistic especially when you add in all of the other carriers that will have similar numbers based on age 65 retirements. Couple this with improved rest requirements, improvements in contracts at United and American and eventually US Air and there could be a huge hiring boom in the near future. It is still a ways off, but my guess is they will have to start spooling up training departments at least 4-5 months prior.
I appreciate your optimism but there is also time for them to kick start another merger before we get back on the property and push us down even further.
Not to be a downer but I've lost nearly all hope of ever having a decent career at UAL. I've given them the best 10+ years of my career to figure this out and every rosy projection just seems to always turn out flat.
I hope you are right-
KC
02-21-2011, 09:17 PM
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I appreciate your optimism but there is also time for them to kick start another merger before we get back on the property and push us down even further.
Not to be a downer but I've lost nearly all hope of ever having a decent career at UAL. I've given them the best 10+ years of my career to figure this out and every rosy projection just seems to always turn out flat.
I hope you are right-
KC
I appreciate your optimism but there is also time for them to kick start another merger before we get back on the property and push us down even further.
Not to be a downer but I've lost nearly all hope of ever having a decent career at UAL. I've given them the best 10+ years of my career to figure this out and every rosy projection just seems to always turn out flat.
I hope you are right-
KC
I feel exactly the same. While I haven't been furloughed I've been whip sawed many times. At the moment I have no hope of UAL offering anything resembling a decent career. I can never trust UAL again they've screwed me to many times. I am affraid that all optimism went out the door during one of my many deep backwards surpluses. The latest being from the left seat on the 320 back to a JR reserve F/O on the 756.
My heart goes out to you guys. I'm afraid that UAL is permanently broken. The latest "good" news that I heard was the possibility of DEN being closed. That's just what I need on top of massive paycuts a crappy schedule a depressing workplace is a forced move to Texas or maybe New Jersey?? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME GUYS!!
14 years down the drain..........
Light at the end of the tunnel at UAL almost always means a train is coming.
02-22-2011, 05:07 AM
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There are not too many remaining options for large mergers. The FTC is not going to keep approving them until we only have one giant airline. I think three big ones is low as they will go, plus SWA which is probably in it's own category since it does not do hub-and-spoke or serve small towns with feeders.
AA, AK, and US are probably still in play but DL and UA are probably done for a while.
AA, AK, and US are probably still in play but DL and UA are probably done for a while.
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