Originally Posted by Air ForceILLINI

Here’s the summary of the vacancy bid.
1,241 total bids not filled
133 unfilled CAPTAIN bids in LAX, SFO, DCA, EWR.
170 unfilled 777/787 FO in SFO, DCA, EWR
2 year Captains in DEN (used to be 2 years just to get FO in Denver)

Another bid supposed to be out in January or February.
New hires to likely be awarded 787/777 FO in new hire training.
Everyone with 500 hours on property and off probation can hold Captain.
In 2023 alone we take on 157 new airplanes, the same number that Spirit Airlines has.
None of this counts 787 deliveries not announced because of the delivery pause at Boeing.

Any ideas how we get out of this pilot shortage? I can’t imagine this doesn’t affect other airlines significantly in the next couple years as we hire their pilots


Lots of great info here. I'm hoping to get to and live in ORD...what's the deal there? It's the "Head Quarters" and one of the biggest/busiest airports but it seems like United is flying less and less out of there. Are they going to expand as the airport expands?

Just curious what the longer-term ORD prospects are, since that's where I want to end up.

Thanks!