Originally Posted by
Santos Dumont
Difficult, DFW, PHX and SDF pilots can be deadheaded to IAD to cover United flights. It would not be fair for them to be excluded from the program. Besides, I can't see how it would work... will the AA bases (except for the lifers and whatnot) become junior all of the sudden while everyone fights for IAD? The need to figure that out...
You may be right. United might not care if they help American system recruit and retain pilots. (Mesa CRJ pilots are part of the American system). United may be all in and this may be just a recruiting ploy for their own mainline pilots. (I doubt it). However, JO has been asking United for this over a year and United has to be holding back for over a year.
So, maybe, the 121 hours are those flown on the UAX branded planes or routes? That would be pretty easy for Mesa to figure out.
By the way, XJT doesn’t have this problem. Their American system pilots are exclusively on the CRJ and excluded. It will be interesting seeing how the agreement sorts this out.