Gone Flying

pre COVID I don’t think UAL had anywhere near the retirements AA/DL did 2020-2025. Not sure how many took an early out at UA and how much that changed things.

DL has shrunk significantly and will need to hire to get back above 80% pre COVID levels, not sure if UA has.

FlyPurdue

the way I understood it was we can ‘only’ fly 91% of our 2019 schedule with current staffing. So when they start to forecast hitting 90%, they will have to start hiring.

GPullR

Another CP said hiring in the fall. Go figure


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MasterOfPuppets

I think things were misquoted or misunderstood.


we currently have the staffing on hand to fly 91% of our 2019 schedule, and every month that number drops. We will need to hire long before we get to 91% of 2019.

PilotGR

Interviews have started. Building up the pool.

cadetdrivr

* For Aviate candidates.

DwightSchrute

It will be every interesting to hear the start date of the first class for new-hire mainline pilots.

doubles

Inquiring minds (of people in the pool) want to know!

Has United officially said anything about what their overall plan going forward since they are so internationally dependent?

Hedley

The official plan at United Airlines is like a horoscope, it’s extremely vague and you can read anything you want into it. We haven’t retired fleets or furloughed, so we will be in position to either drag this out or to keep up with the recovery. We have aircraft on order that can be growth, or replacements of older aircraft in the fleet. Don’t put too much faith in any “official plan”. We once had a overall plan to get a bunch of 737’s, phase out some regional flying, and grow the seniority list to over 16,000 pilots. The A350 has been kicked down the road so many times that most don’t expect to ever see it. The A321XLR could be delivered, or kicked down the road as well. We did just have a vacancy that put many displaced pilots back in their previous seats, so at least that is movement in the right direction. Everything depends on both domestic and international markets lifting their COVID restrictions and mask mandates, but right now the schedule is a shell of what it was. Long story short is that the only plan that we can count on is in a vacancy or displacement bid, the rest is just rumors.

Hilltopper89

Early outs here were a little over 800...I can’t recall the exact number.