Originally Posted by
O2pilot
I wager 3,000 pilots furloughed (retirements keep it from being 4,000). They park the 757, 767, and Airbus fleet to leave United with just 787s, 777s, and guppies. Keep taking deliveries of 737s and 787s. Then we buy JB or AS, even though we just got rid of all the Airbus planes, and we add a new fleet. The 3,000 furloughed pilots get to experience what it is like to be hired at United, furloughed, and then get an AS/JB FO with 2 years on the property who is 31 years old be senior to them for the next 34 years all of a sudden able to bid DEN, ORD, IAH ahead of them forever.
I know you’re not a big fan of Jetblue, but what makes you think that a typical JB new-hire is any younger than someone starting at a Legacy carrier? Jetblue has many starting out that are well over 40 years old. You make it seem like they hire guys straight from CFI school with 1500 hours.