Originally Posted by
Excargodog
In a recent UA intro class two of the bottome three in seniority still got upgrade slots. Nor are such slots uncommon:
Yup, it's a relatively lean probation year and more years of reserve after that, but with 5-6 hundred retirements a year and able to make CA as soon as off probation, your family's economic future is a little more assured. Everybody makes choices, it all depends on what you think is best for you and yours.
Just for clarification- you will get CA pay after 350 hours. But actual CA training starts once you are off probation and have 500 hours in UAL. That said, maybe only the first half of your new hire year might be a financial step back. After that you should be ok. At least financially if you like being on RSV for some time.