Originally Posted by
PinnacleFO
I keep on hearing conflicting things
I hear that United has so many furloughs left but then I hear that CAL has growth for next year and a ton of retirements coming up. I also hear that furlough acceptance rate is only about 1 for every 6.
Who will do the actual hiring? Will it still be on Airline apps?
The system bid closes out Thursday. The award will posted within a few days. The award will show exactly how many vacancies there are and where they are. Assuming a continued 1 to 6 acceptance ratio for the UAL pilots there will be less than 100 vacancies filled by them. The rest will be filled by off the street hires probably starting in the early fall.
The one wildcard that I don't know about is, do they go through the UAL furlough list a second (and final) time? That's the way CAL did it when they recalled their own furloughs. If they do that, they'll get more takers second time around and it will delay street hires. But with the 787s, more 737s arriving, and retirements, I think they'll be training new hires for the next few years. Street hires are inevitable in the near future.