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WeiserTraffic
This is exactly the kind of feedback I'm looking for, thank you! Overall you make excellent points from which I can make realistic comparisons to my current gig. Commuting aside, I am very happy with my current company. The pilot group is excellent and I would say that on average, 90% of all the work groups have a positive attitude and are generally easy/pleasant to work with. The relationship we have with the FA's is healthy and professional. Conflicts do occur, but I would say that they are the rarity rather than the norm. We have our frustrations and dysfunctions just like anywhere else but I can see myself retiring from this ULCC.
I'm glad you touched on the identity politics issue at UAL. While I can compartmentalize it and do my job, it has been a concern of mine with regard to making the jump. As long as everything runs smoothly, it's not an issue and I could care less about it once the flight deck door is closed. When things DON'T run smoothly (how often does that happen in this industry?), my concern is that UAL will throw me under the proverbial airbus without missing a beat. A top down management structure which is overtly hostile to a specific race & gender is cancerous to the entire organization and not a place I'd care to be.
The identity politics stuff is a company PR thing, not something that you really run across in practice, so I certainly wouldn’t make your decision based on that. However, the schedule you described is not something easily achievable here. At min credit and about 20% or less seniority a more realistic number is 17-19 days off on a NB for about 70-hrs. 20 hr 3-days is a pretty rare event here it ever on the NB side. WBs are a different story, but even then for 20 days off and a higher credit line you’re still talking about seniority that would be many years off.