Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
I'v been reading the threads in here with great enthusiasm and I am glad to hear that some of you are coming back to work. I feel for all of you as my dad is a pilot for UA, and though never furloughed, I have seen and personally felt what all 7500 of you have gone through.
I have wanted to fly for UA since I could talk and I am on my way to pursuing that dream but I don't want to do it in the wrong manner.
My question is when all of you have had the opportunity to be a "New hire" at CO and they start hiring off of the streets will the off the street new hires be looked down on?
I refuse to be a scab and I rufuse to take another pilots job for the simple reason of my dad would throw me into a volcano. I know its a ways away but I will not apply if it means taking another pilots job.
I have been wondering about this and I get asked this question alot by the people I fly with so any answers would be appreciated.
Here go a few answers: First... don't get caught up in the "ever since I was a child it was my dream to fly for _______ Airlines." Interview with everyone, then take the offer from what you think is the best company based on their financial outlook. In all likelihood, you'll then spend the rest of your career realizing you made the wrong decision.
Second... you most definitely won't be considered a scab if you go to UAL under the circumstances you describe and won't be looked down upon any more than some of the jackasses at UAL and CAL already look down on each other. In some respects, you might generally be treated better because you'll be starting with a clean slate. Remember, there'll be furloughed UAL pilots who bypass recall being inserted above you for some time after you're hired. Probably not a huge deal because many of those bypassing probably won't come back and it'll be less than a year's worth of seniority, but it's still worth considering.