Originally Posted by
CALFO
At best maybe, MAYBE 30%. The flow through ending in early 2006. The bottom 1,000 of the list (even without the UA pilots) was hired after the flow through ended. And if you want to talk about flow through, certainly you must be aware that the ratio was 1 for 3.
Originally Posted by
Speedtape
This entire thread is bulls#!t !
You assume that everyone hired in 05 and beyond is from Express.
That they're all just young kids with no experience, unlike the "brain surgeons"at UAL.
My early 05 class had 4 Express guys, 4 military (one C5 I think) The rest of us had plenty of previous airline experience. (10,000 hours and 4 type ratings for one example)
Remember, UAL hired plenty of 300 hour (+ a vajayjay) wonders all through the 90's. I personally flew with 6 or 8 gals (and interns) who had a lot left to learn in the right seat of a commuter, but 4 months later they were gone to UAL with NO PIC.
Here here...
Nov 07 hire, ex Waterskier.. in my class of 16, we had 4 mil (myself included as a C-5 FE), a handful of Regional guys, a couple of 135 guys and I believe one or two Coex.
Yes, there are many "G" numbers (and others) who are ex Coex/flow through's but they do not make up the entire bottom of the CAL list..
Unfortunately there are a handful of pilots on both side, that have some hatred of all things ALPA (my opinion) and spew their "thoughts" of history and facts. Every now and then, they do bring up a valid point.. but it's usually lost in rants that they post.
Again, the bottom of the CAL List is not all Coex.. and, the few G numbers I've spoken with, none of them are expecting "super seniority" nor do they have a undying love for JP. (They don't hate him either.. just indifferent).
It is what it is~
Fly Safe, Fly the Contract
Motch
PS> Hope I can write "that".. just got banned from another Forum for writing "Fly The Contract"! lol