Originally Posted by
Learjet driver
That's something they should think about before taking a job with UAL. With a new contract and the SLI you can bet that there will be lots of guys saying yes to the recall. The furloughed guys can come rolling in over the next 6 years as well. The 1st batch of UAL pilots to be furloughed on the second go around was in Septrmber 08. They have recall rights until Sept 2018.
FWIW, about 25% of the furloughed UAL pilots will have already returned to the property (via the S-CAL offer) or are scheduled to return by the Oct 30th class.
With probably only another 25% ever returning (wild guess based on the last cycle) between now and 2019 and around 500 retirements per year indefinitely, I'd suggest that any perceived "stagnation" will be mild unless UAL shrinks in size.
In an interesting twist, the L-UAL side is reactivating the new-hire department in DEN and also hiring A320 instructors; at L-LUAL all instructors must be sourced from active pilots on the seniority list per the current pilot contract.
Either UCH is hedging their bets on separate ops or perhaps they anticipate new hires at both training centers in the not too distant future?