Congrats on both offers! I’m going to give you a perspective from the UAL side. This is just based on current events here from my perspective as a 4-5 year FO.

First of all, I highly recommend living in base no matter which airline you choose. Your initial reserve life will be night and day better if you’re sitting short call from the comfort of your own couch and not stressing making a commute.

So, I’m bullish on United. While Delta has a mature and much better managed merger, UAL is just beginning to hit its stride operationally and real growth is on the horizon. Incremental aircraft orders for growth seem to be the norm. This past year we’ve placed orders for more 787s, 777s, 737max, and purchased used 767s and A329/320s. I’ll post info below regarding this. So while Delta has many orders arriving, much of that is for fleet replacement. UAL shrunk significantly and is in a growth spurt to attempt to regain natural market share.

United is in contact negotiations. This will be an interesting year to see if management is willing to actually come to the table and address concerns from the pilot group. Our relationship with management right now it’s pretty OK but as always, trust but verify. Scope is going to be the big battle. Our current contract is working with scope choke, however with the addition of a A220, EMB190 etc... we may see some significant mainline growth. I’m cautiously optimistic.

You’ll have great opportunity at either airline to diversify your flying. Narrow body, wide body, domestic or international you can pick your flavor. UAL doesn’t seat lock you like Delta. You can always bid up to a larger category right away. Ex: you get 737 as a new hire, you can bid to 756 or larger immediately if you want. The latest vacancy award had wide body FO’s going very junior and CAs running about 3.5 years in SFO.

Like mentioned before, UAL gives you a hotel and pays you roughly 90hrs credit during training. It’s a pretty amazing perk as a new hire. I actually made more in training than I did at 10 regional CA pay.

Delta is a great airline. I have many friends there and they chug the koolaid. I can see why. The airline prints money, profit sharing destroys our and I believe they make you eligible in your first year. UAL requires that you’re on property Jan1st of that year to be eligible. I’ve been very happy with my decision to come to UAL and will never look back and second guess. You win either way. Best of luck to you!