Originally Posted by
Sunvox
With no proof on hand, my gut tells me, that speaks to how bad CAL reserve must have been that no one wanted to bid bottom 777 FO or possibly no one wanted to move to EWR or IAH from where they were living currently.
Suffice to say UAL has NEVER had new hires go directly to a 777 position. That tells you something about the cultural and contractual differences.
Joe-
Just the facts to his "high-lip question". One of the LOR's that I wrote back in late 2006 happened to be one of the Pilot's who got assigned that WB slot back in early 2007. Stating the obvious, he said sitting reserve up in EWR as a new hire on the B777 was very nice as compared to sitting the same fiddle on the B737.
Albeit, there wasn't a mass of new hires on the Triple, but to help "LAX" wrap his mind about the issue.....it has happened 'recently'.