Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
Our white boy pilots aren’t getting hired at UAL
Strange. I've flown with former Spirit pilots at United. Almost positive they were all white boys but I've never done a junk check with any FOs.
Our (United) newhire classes look like a loaf of wonder bread. From looking at the class pictures, it's running at least 85% white boys. When hiring 200/mo, you run out of women and minority pilots pretty quickly. There just aren't that many out there that are pilots.
As for IROPs, we can self-help for a hotel and transportation. If you have to wait longer than a handful of minutes on the phone, it's not an issue. No need to get preapproval from a CP or anyone else. And I'm not booking a Red Roof/Motel 6 unless those are the last hotel rooms within an hour radius. YMMV.