Monkeyfly

Unfilled bids (possible new hire positions) on latest award are all New York.

737 - 81
A320 - 20
76T - 18

flybynuts

Sad for sure. No growth planned for the next four years so we can "be better positioned and handle the merger" nonsense is weak. I am hoping that the Wall Street and industry pressures force us to have to grow because our headshed has to prove that they aren't as weak as perceived by many.

Andy

Almost certainly will be newhire positions.

Interesting. 38 unfilled vacancies from the LUAL side. New York used to go fairly senior but it was a MUCH smaller base pre-merger.

Andy

Even if they tried to grow at this point, they're so far behind on building a training pipeline, it will take at least until the end of 2014 before pilot staffing levels are healthy enough to grow. I did notice that, in the latest United Investor Update (24 Oct), they anticipate 4Q2013 mainline capacity to grow by 2.3-3.3%. For Q4, they anticipate regional capacity to grow 3.9-49%.

Good luck with that regional growth working out; I just read that even the great SkyWest wasn't able to fill their latest newhire class; it was short by 9 people. I am hoping that we see a trend reversal from the last decade - regional contraction with their flying being replaced by mainline flying. ... if there's a pilot shortage on the regional level, they could cancel two RJ flights, replace them with one mainline flight and not lose any ASMs on the city pair.

500RVR

Got this from a check airman who attended latest standards meeting in DEN.

Pilot Hiring:
26 interviews/week
12 hires/week currently, about 4 months from hire notification to class date 1st class has gone to 76T and A320
11,700 active applications
Average regional quals 6,000-8,000 TT, 5,000-6,000 PIC
Pilot retirements: 10 yrs - 4,000 pilots, 13 yrs - 6,000 pilots (50%)

LAX Pilot

Its all the "extra pilots" the LUAL side had.....

Roper92

Thanks for the update RVR, any idea why only 12 out of 26 are getting selected? Is it a yours to lose type deal or do they plan on only selecting a certain percentage regardless of the performances they get in their interviews?

Captain Oval

The class size is 12 they are interviewing 26 a week. Those that are hired are put into a pool

WiltChamberlain

I don't think your inference is necessarily correct. I think it likely is 12 starting class per week without relation to how many are being interviewed and subsequently offered jobs. So, in any given week they may offer jobs to no one or to all 26 or anywhere in between of those interviewed. Remember, they are just filling a pool from which to draw for many weeks to come.

WiltChamberlain

You're faster draw Capt O!