Originally Posted by khergan

So it's worse than what I said. Congrats for making my point for me.

The point was that you can be bumped at the last minute by a guy who's senior, even if you've put in for that JS a week prior to let everyone know your intent. That's a problem that exists only at UAL that you wouldn't have at AA/DAL. It makes commuting more stressful, especially in a city where there's a cadre of senior guys who can and will show up at the last minute to bump you. Thankfully, the majority of senior dudes would list ahead of time when I was still commuting, so I knew what flights I was likely to make and not, but the *******s who pull up to the gate at the last minute and bump you off your commute definitely exist. One of them just did it on my flight I was operating to a junior dude, kicking the kid off right as we were boarding. His words: "sucks to suck".

Again, I'm simply reiterating why another company MIGHT (not necessarily will be) better if you're going to plan on commuting for your 121 career. Having a reserved jumpseat, better call-out times, 1x required flights instead of 2x, those all go a long way in reducing stress and increasing predictability.