Originally Posted by
lukeh99
I wouldn’t choose a company based on 200s vs. 700s. It just doesn’t matter in the end. What does matter is that we have a little over 4 solid years left on our United contract, the ability to make good money due to work rules, great benefits, and fast movement on the seniority list. And those bonuses don’t hurt.
A pilot hired a year ago is now around 400 on the seniority list out of 550 (72%). A lot of this movement is FOs moving on to LCCs and ACMIs. Captains here have been slow to leave but the CPP (starting in Q4) will accelerate that end of things. The most junior captain is now 14 months in MKE.
Wait for a few weeks and it will be more clear how junior CAE is. If it’s another super junior base then it might be something to consider.
What do you mean when you say “conflict regarding moral”?
He means that you’re one of the very few left still full of kool aid singing praises about awac when most people are bailing left and right for even lateral moves to other regionals. But 4 solid years, that’s awesome, such a long term commitment United has in you, in about 2 years it’ll be like 2015-2016 again when the only thing people are talking about is “so what’s next?” And “sunrise or sunset?” Can awac survive another mass exodus when it just purged itself of 50% of its pilot force and has hired back maybe 100 pilots of what used to be almost 1000 pilots just 2 years ago. When most of your movement is desperate jumps to ULCCs from your FOs. That should be raising some eyebrows