Taking the CA slot in initial training
#65
Anyone have any insight into this issue? Would love to hear thoughts on whether or not the Boeing issues will affect UAL in the very short term. For me, there’s two things I worry as someone with an upcoming class date.
1) I would like to bid captain and am concerned the slots will decrease, possibly making a slot unavailable to me or at the very least severely reducing seniority progression, and
2) if captain slots are decreased due to ordered aircraft being deferred or cancelled, wouldn’t that also mean less growth overall? i.e. fewer pilots hired this year?
1) I would like to bid captain and am concerned the slots will decrease, possibly making a slot unavailable to me or at the very least severely reducing seniority progression, and
2) if captain slots are decreased due to ordered aircraft being deferred or cancelled, wouldn’t that also mean less growth overall? i.e. fewer pilots hired this year?
Instead I toiled at the regional level starting off in turboprops until the day I heard the next generation say in the crew room, "I'm a jet FO. The company put me in that because I was too good to be a prop FO. Props are for boats anyway." Reality: the props were being retired when you were hired, Jet Jock.
Then moved to mainline as a lowly NB FO and feeling like I made it to the show until the day I heard, "My entire class was hired into the right seat of the 756 because they thought we'd be great international pilots." Reality: the L-CAL concessionary contract was so bad none of us more senior FOs wanted to fly those planes by DHing over to Europe at 50% pay.
Now sitting in the left seat debating if I should finally take a 756 CA bid or not and I hear this generation of pilots, including a couple of 24-25 year olds I know, worried they won't be able to hold captain in less than a year...with a 40+ year career ahead of them when they will most likely be retiring at 1-200 on the seniority list.
While I know you have questions and worried that the music will stop for a period of time, don't be so quick to want that left seat. The experience you gain in the right seat will be invaluable to you in the long-run. New hire FO possibly on reserve not flying that often jumping to the left seat to be on reserve not flying that often is a concern to many, myself included. Recently flew with an FO who has been here just over two years. A grand total of 600 hours on the plane. Purposely bids reserve so he doesn't have to fly since he has a military retirement.
#67
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should’ve just made one captain pay scale and lets people’s preferences (international vs domestic; 3 time zones vs 12 time zones) sort it out.
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#69
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yup.
yeah, amazes me, but I appreciate it all the same😃. Sooo much easier it's ridiculous.
#70
I’d honestly love to see a genuine breakdown of why WBCA gets paid more than NBCA. I know the plane is bigger with more people on board, but if you tally up a 3-leg day on a 737-900, how does that compare to a 1-and-done on a WB, while also being objectively more work?
should’ve just made one captain pay scale and lets people’s preferences (international vs domestic; 3 time zones vs 12 time zones) sort it out.
should’ve just made one captain pay scale and lets people’s preferences (international vs domestic; 3 time zones vs 12 time zones) sort it out.
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