Originally Posted by
DashTrash
I noticed something a little interesting when updating my iPad yesterday. I saw that LOA 46 was signed on May 16th. It outlines the qualifications for junior pilots that are awarded a Captain bid. It stipulates that a junior captain must (obviously) meet ATP requirements, have at least 500 hours of flight time at United, and complete probation.
Why would our NC use time and whatever negotiating capital to sign something like this? The most junior captain is about 3500-4000 numbers away from the most junior pilot at United.
Never say never on a junior Captain and how junior a Captain may go. Look on the 1709V thread and DAL junior captains. For abut the last year their captains have been going extremely junior, 4 months on property junior. Go from probation pay to in excess of $200/hr because year one Captain doesn't have a probation pay. Now enters the next problem. And I had this explained to me by someone at DAL, so correct me if I am wrong. Several junior people on probation get awarded Captain, time to upgrade but they don't have the hours for ATP. Etc. Thus, stay in right seat and get paid Captain Pay All the while on probation. Their massive bid that just closed corrected this issue but I believe some of this language change may be to prevent some of this.