Originally Posted by
LAX Pilot
You are making false assumptions, which is why your logic doesn't work. UAL guys aren't going to be Airbus FOs for 30 years then magically become widebody captains for the last 5 years.
Also, CAL pilots aren't all going to be Captains for 30 years.
I have 3 friends hired in the 90s. Two of them tell me that they will NEVER hold widebody Captain. They say they just don't have enough airplanes for all CAL pilots to hold them.
They've all been there 15 years and they are all FOs still.
If the bottom guy on the CAL seniority list got CAL 777 Capt, that doesn't mean all the pilots can all be 777 Capts. WHO WOULD FLY THE OTHER SEATS AND PLANES?
Being a FO for 15 years at CAL and never holding Captain on a Widebody is clearly a career expectation, because 2/3 of the guys I personally know there won't ever hold it.
And most pilots at UAL spend at least 10 years as a widebody Captain, since we have 3 or 4 times as many airplanes. Most of our 95 hires HAVE BEEN CAPTAINS FOR AS MANY AS 10 YEARS.
So I don't care that some 2005 hire just got a Captain bid.
Big deal. You have 15 year FO's just like we do.
Good luck with your career.
Not true... LCAL has 2005 hires holding 757/767 Captain. So furthermore the 3 90s hires that you reference, all can and could hold widebody captain.
If anyone wants to know the truth about who holds what at each respective unit (LCAL or LUAL) then ask the correct source. Don't listen to a CAL guy tell you all about UAL and don't expect a correct answer from a UAL individual about CAL information.