Originally Posted by
Beechnut
If I were hired to UAL in '07, could I hold Denver on anything?
Where would I be on the 320 in various bases?
I ask because my long term goal was UAL, but life happened and ended up at jetBlue. I like it, I'm upgrading to a line in the A320, but I wonder what life would be like if I had tried to get to UAL in '07.
Beechnut,
These guys are not correct. I was in the first 2007 class at United when I left JetBlue. You could have held Denver in 2008 prior to the furloughs, but you would be about 200 #s away from a 737 or A320 in Denver today.
You would have been furloughed for 3 years and now you'd be making about 140 an hour on 737/320/756/767. You can hold any base on a narrow body and be a line holder. You would barely be a line holder on 756 in any base (except Denver).
I've played the what if game from the other side of your coin. The furlough sucked, plain and simple. Life is better now. JetBlue is gonna get bought and you will be fine.
I was an Aug 2006 hire...I still talk to my sim partner who is still in right seat of Bus. I haven't checked recently but I think most of my classmates are Line holding 190 Captains or perhaps reserve on the Bus.