Originally Posted by Dynamiterabbit

Anyone have any insight into this issue? Would love to hear thoughts on whether or not the Boeing issues will affect UAL in the very short term. For me, there’s two things I worry as someone with an upcoming class date.

1) I would like to bid captain and am concerned the slots will decrease, possibly making a slot unavailable to me or at the very least severely reducing seniority progression, and

2) if captain slots are decreased due to ordered aircraft being deferred or cancelled, wouldn’t that also mean less growth overall? i.e. fewer pilots hired this year?