Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
Helped get a friend hired from the military into United 2 years ago. He left United about 4 months later for FedEX because he felt cargo was “more stable”. He’d have 4,500 pilots junior to him now at United and be able to hold 737 Captain in almost every base and 756 Captain on the West coast. He just texted me asking if I thought United would let him come back.
How times have changed.
I’d have about 4000 below me at United if I had stayed. I tried to go back and the answer was no. I tried before I was even finished with ITU here. I was told to reapply, but at that time I didn’t feel it was worth starting over again. Needless to say I never thought I’d actually consider going back and being 4000 junior to my class mates I was hired with, but here we are. This is my worst nightmare and more. And once again, SCOPE. This isn’t about an inevitable system bid we all saw coming.
If I were still there I’d be ~20% NB ORD FO, or ~85% ORD WB FO. Both things I never thought would happen in ORD in the year 2023, but now I just get to have nightmares about it, during the day, because I’m hub turning at night.