UA to Hire 4000 Pilots Between Now and 2022
11-07-2019, 11:55 AM
#131
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Joined APC: Sep 2010
Position: EWR 777 Captain
Posts: 1,715
Future Commuter from MCI here.
1) what airframe and base combo would provide the quickest elevator ride to QOL and commutability?
2) what have been the typical reserve to line time frames for:
320
737
757
777
787
Goal is to find the best fit to ultimately get the best QOL as fast as possible, for a commuter.
TIA
1) what airframe and base combo would provide the quickest elevator ride to QOL and commutability?
2) what have been the typical reserve to line time frames for:
320
737
757
777
787
Goal is to find the best fit to ultimately get the best QOL as fast as possible, for a commuter.
TIA
Last edited by Sunvox; 11-07-2019 at 12:09 PM.
11-07-2019, 12:33 PM
#132
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Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Sleeping in the black swan’s nest.
Posts: 5,725
I’ve been commuting to EWR 20 years, much better quality of life then living on the East or West Coast. Commuting only freaks out guys who don’t know how to do it, or have never done it. If your in a large city with frequency or a couple choices on carriers it’s a no brained 90% of the time. I’d rather spend an extra two nights at the Marriott in EWR then my whole life somewhere I don’t want to be...
11-07-2019, 02:08 PM
#134
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Joined APC: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,244
Not to thread drift..
But my mom and dad were regular blue collar workers. Raise 2 kids.. one great and the other a pilot (
).
The thought that ANYONE can't live anywhere on our salaries is a little belittling.
Sure, as Sunvox mentioned.. it semi sucks the taxes we pay. I'm at 11g's a year! But mind you, I don't have to worry about commuting and yesterday when I got in from HNL, I was home within 45mins from block in! The other FO was just getting on his commute home.
Some of my neighbors make half as much as I do and they still live comfortably.
Sure, they can't pick up a new Bimmer every 3-4 years.. let alone leave it running in the parking lot for a few days! But ANY new hire can live comfortably anywhere within 30 miles of EWR.. for a few years and then branch out to something bigger and better.
My .02 cents
now.. back to your scheduled program~
Motch
Oh, FS, FP & FtC!
But my mom and dad were regular blue collar workers. Raise 2 kids.. one great and the other a pilot (
).The thought that ANYONE can't live anywhere on our salaries is a little belittling.
Sure, as Sunvox mentioned.. it semi sucks the taxes we pay. I'm at 11g's a year! But mind you, I don't have to worry about commuting and yesterday when I got in from HNL, I was home within 45mins from block in! The other FO was just getting on his commute home.
Some of my neighbors make half as much as I do and they still live comfortably.
Sure, they can't pick up a new Bimmer every 3-4 years.. let alone leave it running in the parking lot for a few days! But ANY new hire can live comfortably anywhere within 30 miles of EWR.. for a few years and then branch out to something bigger and better.
My .02 cents
now.. back to your scheduled program~
Motch
Oh, FS, FP & FtC!
Whats the story of the car? Tell me you left it idling for a four day trip.
11-07-2019, 06:15 PM
#136
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Posts: 121
I will second CL's comment. MCI-ORD has multiple directs on us and AA and is only 1.5 or so hours, and once the MAX is started up again it will be raining 737s at UAL and no matter where you are you will see movement. That might take another year or so, but soon enough. The bid that closed 10/22 had seniority number 12892 going to ORD 737. I think thats only a couple hundred numbers from the bottom, and I would fully expect ORD to continue to go increasingly junior in the next couple of months.
11-07-2019, 07:18 PM
#137
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Joined APC: Jun 2005
Position: 787 FO
Posts: 811
11-08-2019, 02:48 AM
#138
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Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: Airbus 320 Right Seat
Posts: 1,440
I agree with both sides as far as the commuting goes .. live in Florida commute up to Newark with about 7000 other guys ... due to homestead and a few other loop holes I paid 1170 bucks in property tax , paid it just last week. This on top of zero income tax
Everytime I am on a terrible commute gone wrong , I just think of the captains I fly with paying anywhere from 9000,24000 in just property tax !!! Let alone income tax...
I can positive space my commute each week and would still make out better . But I don’t cause I’m too cheap ... now I also admit , I do miss out on some awesome premium opportunities . I do get plenty even so , but with a young one at home I’m not chasing it as much as I once was.
To each their own , but man the tax stuff has gotten out of control in some of these areas .
Everytime I am on a terrible commute gone wrong , I just think of the captains I fly with paying anywhere from 9000,24000 in just property tax !!! Let alone income tax...
I can positive space my commute each week and would still make out better . But I don’t cause I’m too cheap ... now I also admit , I do miss out on some awesome premium opportunities . I do get plenty even so , but with a young one at home I’m not chasing it as much as I once was.
To each their own , but man the tax stuff has gotten out of control in some of these areas .
11-08-2019, 02:50 AM
#139
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Posts: 544
11-08-2019, 04:04 AM
#140
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: 737 Captain
Posts: 872
UA to Hire 4000 Pilots Between Now and 2022
You probably won’t get it in training. The very next bid that opens though, you are extremely likely to get it. Does that help?
FWIW, the 737 is the junior aircraft in ORD.
The 737 plug in ORD is 13123
The 320 plug is 12892
Not a huge difference but on the last vacancy there were 27 ORD 737 fo awards, and 13 ORD 320 fo awards
