Originally Posted by
Gone Flying
bump.
This was posted over on the UAL forum about their bid that just closed in the past few days
“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.”
Not saying things are not good here at DL by any stretch but WOW!
if we are supposed to hire 4,000 pilots in the next 2-3 years I think it might only be a matter of time before crazy things like this start happening here.
crazy world
While not to this level, I think we're already seeing similar trends here at DAL. It's all symptoms of how crappy QOL of life is between contracts, optimizers, and FAR 117. The only "control" we have is staying senior in a seat, or picking a base/fleet that can't be as optimized.
I was on the Maddog for almost 4 years, and now the 320 for almost 4. I think I can confidently say that my QOL on the Bus is less now, than the MD then. 4 leg days sting a lot more with a couple of 2+ hour legs, and then lead to an 11-12 hour layover.... On average all trips signing in earlier and releasing later. I'm standing by for the "sorry we ran a little too hot, we won't do it again" email.
330 here I come