Originally Posted by Coto Pilot

To say that a furloughed United pilot has no career expectations is absurd. We have guys in their young 30's that will eventually retire (or would have had the merger not occured), number one on the list, as a 747 captain, or on whatever its replacement is. These pilots will have a career lasting over 40 years and by the time its done, their 3 or so years on the street although difficult now, will in the long run be rather minor. United had billions in the bank prior to the merger and was in fact arguably the most viable of the legacy carriers. How does this pilot have lesser "career expectations" than a Continental pilot that was hired 6 years later?