Originally Posted by
cadetdrivr
Agreed.
But in the case of UCH and UCH's plans for 2013, I think UAL ALPA has a very legitimate reason to "trust but verify."
Later this year
"S-UAL" 737-900ERs are scheduled for delivery combined with the retirement of L-UAL 757s. Considering the total absence of a pre-SLI S-UAL 737 training program, IMHO, it's a reasonable concern of UAL ALPA that UCH could attempt to train and staff the 737-900ERs prior to combined operations using its existing S-CAL assets.
There no reason why the new UAL can't train LUAL pilots at IAH in the 737. It's working pretty good so far. No need to spend money on DEN 737 training. Of course, IAH is full and they need more sims, so maybe they want some in DEN?