Originally Posted by
Whereisalpa
I had a United Captain out of O'hare on my jump seat last week. He showed me his contract and wide body AC orders. They will need to hire 4000 pilots in the next few years. 12yr Capt. pay on the C- Series
is $242.00..... Yes, it made me feel like I work for a domestic feeder airline.
Yo Do! Delta mgt is choosing to outsource the lion's share of the large widebody flying...United isn't. With the codeshare and JV system in place it may be more profitable than flying it on "own metal" but for us pilots it sucks. Delta is reverting to being little more than "that southern local service airline" that my mother turned down a stewardess job with in the 1950's.