Originally Posted by
Cougs
Resurrecting this thread:
- we are interested in Guam as a new hire. My understanding is as follows:
- All 73 flying, starting second year pay, COLA payments, min of 2 years and United will move you and your family out there. Does all that check?
All 737. 2nd year pay plus $3K/mo override. 18 months for a paid move out, 3 years total for another move back with some caveats about moving home.
- If I request it, I can probably get it…
No guarantees but there are open seats presently. Very small base (just over 100 crews) so opportunities don’t come along as often as the other bases.
- what is the flying schedule like for the new guy? Is it reserve or holding a line?
Really depends. COVID Hit Guam hard & right now most of the base is on reserve.
- where does United typically fly out of Guam and what are the schedules? What would I expect as a new hire?
Again, still very impacted by COVID restrictions. Pre-pandemic, it was was day turns to Japan, all nighters to Philippines & Micronesia, & the “Island Hopper”- multi stop flight to HNL with long layover, as either a 3 or 4 day trip. HNL was the only layover. The rest are out & back during the day & overnight, with the overnight trips going junior. Sometimes RSV would go senior to overnight line holders. Lots of time home if you live in base. GUM allows you to stack your days off so you can take them all in a single block. Allows for lots of flexibility for travel. (Once again, COVID.)
See my answers above & DM me if you want more specifics. COVID had a major impact on the base & Asia is being much slower than the West with their reopenings. It’s hard to know when things will return to normal here. They are replacing some of the pilots who have left recently, which is an indication that the airline at least doesn’t want to whittle it too far down, but like I said, much of the base is still on RSV, so we’re not seeing the kind of recovery the rest of the system is yet.