Originally Posted by Ottopilot

This whole career is luck and timing. Which airline is better or worse at any given time is a fruitless argument. Airlines change over night. Pilots at UAL and CAL are all the same (except SCABS). People got upset about UAL hiring minorities and those with lessor qualifications because they know someone who got hired like that. Me too. I know lots of people "under" me at jobs that got hired by UAL when I couldn't get an interview. Therefore, we say UAL only and and all underqualified people then. Not true, but partially true. Who cares? Life is not fair. I'm not in control of it either way. I apply. I fly. I go to the airline that hires me. That says nothing about UAL or CAL. It's luck and timing. We need to stand together and stop working against each other. We'll get more accomplished that way. Good luck to us all.