UA QOL
#81
Yes, exactly.
Give us all 2 GDOs a month, awarded in seniority order.
You put in multiple bids for your GDOs each month. Or if you forget, you forfeit them. It's literally a no-cost item that could seriously improve the QOL of over half the seniority list.
Yes, it would mean that if you are in the 20-50% seniority range, you probably have to work 1 or 2 weekends a month(in a 5 weekend month), but you are probably still getting every holiday off.
Give us all 2 GDOs a month, awarded in seniority order.
You put in multiple bids for your GDOs each month. Or if you forget, you forfeit them. It's literally a no-cost item that could seriously improve the QOL of over half the seniority list.
Yes, it would mean that if you are in the 20-50% seniority range, you probably have to work 1 or 2 weekends a month(in a 5 weekend month), but you are probably still getting every holiday off.
I'm not opposed to GDO's in general but two/month is probably too many. You can easily do the math with some rational assumptions (such as 90% of GDOs would be selected on weekends) and see how it would shake out.
#82
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Remember, those 20-50% folks (and I think everybody would feel it, all the way to the top) already paid their dues and worked weekends and holidays for years. Why should the top folks have to work 1-2 weekends NOW??? They already did that...
I'm not opposed to GDO's in general but two/month is probably too many. You can easily do the math with some rational assumptions (such as 90% of GDOs would be selected on weekends) and see how it would shake out.
I'm not opposed to GDO's in general but two/month is probably too many. You can easily do the math with some rational assumptions (such as 90% of GDOs would be selected on weekends) and see how it would shake out.
#83
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Joined APC: Feb 2012
Position: Clear Right
Posts: 273
True. Then when they are senior they will complain about vacation passes....
#84
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Posts: 188
Here is what I find interesting…whenever this new contract comes to fruition and the widebody FOs are making an additional 20%, or whatever the number is, why would they upgrade to NB CA? On the new contract a widebody FO will make more than what a NB CA is making on the current contract. So, what
would be the incentive to upgrade at that point?
would be the incentive to upgrade at that point?
#85
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Joined APC: Aug 2020
Posts: 2,321
Here is what I find interesting…whenever this new contract comes to fruition and the widebody FOs are making an additional 20%, or whatever the number is, why would they upgrade to NB CA? On the new contract a widebody FO will make more than what a NB CA is making on the current contract. So, what
would be the incentive to upgrade at that point?
would be the incentive to upgrade at that point?
#86
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Joined APC: Apr 2019
Posts: 222
I'm currently at Spirit and am debating on trying to get on with United or to stay and just wait for the JetBlue/Spirit merger since by the time it happens I'll have 2-3 years of seniority there. I have 20 years left and quality of life is my main thing right now after leaving the military. I've got a few questions though about United:
1. On reserve in ORD for the most part I am able to get weekends off by waiving my guaranteed days off to 1 day instead of 4 and then requesting weekends off. Can you do that at United on reserve?
2. Once you have a line you can swap or drop trips. Right now I'm just trying to get weekends off but in general I can work the schedule to fly however I want to and from any base if necessary. Commuting is relatively easy for me since I live in a major hub. Just wondering if you can trade or swap trips like that at United?
3. With 20 years left I'd assume that wide-bodies might not be the best idea. Basically by the time I held wide-body Captain with a line I'd be getting ready to retire?
Apologize if this was answered somewhere else.
1. On reserve in ORD for the most part I am able to get weekends off by waiving my guaranteed days off to 1 day instead of 4 and then requesting weekends off. Can you do that at United on reserve?
2. Once you have a line you can swap or drop trips. Right now I'm just trying to get weekends off but in general I can work the schedule to fly however I want to and from any base if necessary. Commuting is relatively easy for me since I live in a major hub. Just wondering if you can trade or swap trips like that at United?
3. With 20 years left I'd assume that wide-bodies might not be the best idea. Basically by the time I held wide-body Captain with a line I'd be getting ready to retire?
Apologize if this was answered somewhere else.
#87
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Joined APC: Oct 2015
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I'm currently at Spirit and am debating on trying to get on with United or to stay and just wait for the JetBlue/Spirit merger since by the time it happens I'll have 2-3 years of seniority there. I have 20 years left and quality of life is my main thing right now after leaving the military. I've got a few questions though about United:
1. On reserve in ORD for the most part I am able to get weekends off by waiving my guaranteed days off to 1 day instead of 4 and then requesting weekends off. Can you do that at United on reserve?
2. Once you have a line you can swap or drop trips. Right now I'm just trying to get weekends off but in general I can work the schedule to fly however I want to and from any base if necessary. Commuting is relatively easy for me since I live in a major hub. Just wondering if you can trade or swap trips like that at United?
3. With 20 years left I'd assume that wide-bodies might not be the best idea. Basically by the time I held wide-body Captain with a line I'd be getting ready to retire?
Apologize if this was answered somewhere else.
1. On reserve in ORD for the most part I am able to get weekends off by waiving my guaranteed days off to 1 day instead of 4 and then requesting weekends off. Can you do that at United on reserve?
2. Once you have a line you can swap or drop trips. Right now I'm just trying to get weekends off but in general I can work the schedule to fly however I want to and from any base if necessary. Commuting is relatively easy for me since I live in a major hub. Just wondering if you can trade or swap trips like that at United?
3. With 20 years left I'd assume that wide-bodies might not be the best idea. Basically by the time I held wide-body Captain with a line I'd be getting ready to retire?
Apologize if this was answered somewhere else.
If you want the best chances to be ORD based for your entire career, go to United. You’ll 100% lose schedule flexibility that you’d enjoy as a line holder at Spirit but you’ll be able to hold most weekends off on reserve in 6-9 months.
#88
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I'm currently at Spirit and am debating on trying to get on with United or to stay and just wait for the JetBlue/Spirit merger since by the time it happens I'll have 2-3 years of seniority there. I have 20 years left and quality of life is my main thing right now after leaving the military. I've got a few questions though about United:
1. On reserve in ORD for the most part I am able to get weekends off by waiving my guaranteed days off to 1 day instead of 4 and then requesting weekends off. Can you do that at United on reserve?
2. Once you have a line you can swap or drop trips. Right now I'm just trying to get weekends off but in general I can work the schedule to fly however I want to and from any base if necessary. Commuting is relatively easy for me since I live in a major hub. Just wondering if you can trade or swap trips like that at United?
3. With 20 years left I'd assume that wide-bodies might not be the best idea. Basically by the time I held wide-body Captain with a line I'd be getting ready to retire?
Apologize if this was answered somewhere else.
1. On reserve in ORD for the most part I am able to get weekends off by waiving my guaranteed days off to 1 day instead of 4 and then requesting weekends off. Can you do that at United on reserve?
2. Once you have a line you can swap or drop trips. Right now I'm just trying to get weekends off but in general I can work the schedule to fly however I want to and from any base if necessary. Commuting is relatively easy for me since I live in a major hub. Just wondering if you can trade or swap trips like that at United?
3. With 20 years left I'd assume that wide-bodies might not be the best idea. Basically by the time I held wide-body Captain with a line I'd be getting ready to retire?
Apologize if this was answered somewhere else.
#89
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For someone getting hired today, I believe it would take 20+ years to hold widebody captain from what I've gathered. I don't think holding a line in that amount of time would be possible without major international growth (i.e. exercising the option for 100 additional 787's). Someone else can confirm though
confirmed ….
#90
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Alright I’ll bite. Confirmed how? Because when I look at ORD 78 Capt the junior line holder for the month is sitting at 80-83%. Probably a rough line but a line nonetheless. Based on the retirements alone 100 of the 170ish captains retire by Jan of 2028 with about 2,000 total off the seniority list as a whole. Sure people will move over in that time but 20+ years… I dunno about that.
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