Originally Posted by Zoomie

This is the BS attitude I'm talking about.

I'm middle of the road. I'm about 50-60% CA in any NB category. I'm about 50% overall here at UAL. If you think that should be considered JR, you are part of the problem.

So, probably within a year, I can probably hold NB CA at 50% in any base, and get all my weekends off, and probably a good bit of the holidays.

There is no progression here at United from 80% to 50%. Our contract basically gives carte blanche ability to the top tier without any meaningful progression throughout the seniority list in base

From this seniority range, basically the only progression you will likely see on the NB is getting more favorable layovers. So you might get an increase in QOWL, but not QOL.
Pilots here are screaming for the ability to have more control over when they are home for at least a few days a month. Right now, most people in the 50-80% seniority have little to no control over any days off they will work. Pretty much you will be working Fri-Mon almost every week. Maybe get lucky and get a Thur-Sun or perhaps a Sat-Tue here and there...

Newsflash, you don't have to be this senior at other airlines to get 1 weekend off a month without banging in sick.

At United, you need to spend 10 hrs a month working the crew companion trip trading system to make it work, or you have to be in the top half of the list.

There is a better way, you've just been beat down so long, you don't realize there are better ways, and cost effective ways to make situations win-win.

I'm telling you, we are just eating our own here. I don't want to be the guy that pulls up the ladder. I've lived thru the seniority where it's the most stagnant. It sucks.
Do you want the best pilots to come to UAL or just the ones that are local to DEN and CA?

Tell me again, is 1 weekend off a month too much to ask for a Jr pilot anywhere? Personally, I don't think it is.