Originally Posted by
pilotgolfer
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.
Thanks for the information. I started JB August 2007. I'm about half way up the 3100 pilot seniority list and have bypassed 320 CA for nearly two years. By the time everyone is trained from this bid, I'll have about 100 CA's in JFK below me.... about enough to keep me a line holder most of the year. A bid or two more and I shouldn't have to worry about reserve at all. (I hope.)