Ual talking a majority of awac pilots will kill Americans operations.. i wouldn't be suprised if this happens. It's going to be a competition for pilots soon just like securing gas a few years ago.. survival of the fittest...

Hang on guys, good things for good people. You people are good people!

 

They can take AWAC pilots just fine without issuing a distressed carrier status. That line of thinking doesn't make any sense.

 

HR runs hiring. They won't focus on hiring pilots from a single carrier to hurt a competitor, they're not smart enough to do that.

 

Hahah! You actually think if AWAC can't fly their airplanes it will result in "killing" AA operations? I highly doubt it! How many AWAC pilots has UA hired under "distressed carrier"? My guess is just as many as before. What about all the other distressed regional? Republic is in bankruptcy. UA app needs a regional/distressed box.

 

Wrong. They're smart enough NOT to do that. The scary thing about war is that there is always a loser.

 

True and not true. Remember this whole airlineapps "points" idea was created to prevent lawsuits and unfair hiring practices. You need to hit their minimum point threshold through airlineapps. They can't just cherry-pick AWAC guys. Though this distressed carrier status may allow some captains with strong resumes to get an interview I can't believe it'll help many FOs. Perhaps those that attend United job fairs may have a chance but without knowing for sure.

Luckily the LLCs are hiring at a good pace too, so it seems everyone can leave if they so choose.

I don't mean to fan the rumor flame but I talked to a manager the other day who said he expects something announced within the month. Though no one except the board members and CD really know what's going on, it seems like there's a lot of things going on in Appleton. The CD email coupled with the email from the chairman of the board of directors make it seem as though something will happen sooner rather then later. It makes sense too if their worried United will take our captains and other regionals and LLCs will take the fos. We have about 510 pilots now and if attrition keeps up well be less than 475 by March.

 

Can't wait for the we are flying for delta email. Closing all bases and opening [insert worst bases possible] , like they did with the switch from UAL to US Air

 

I'm sure there are plenty of AWAC captains who have enough points, but haven't been taken regardless. Meaning, UAL hasn't exactly been in any hurry to hire people away from AA. So it doesn't make sense to correlate this supposed new agreement with the idea that UAL wants to poach from American.

And the idea/hope certainly doesn't add validity to this supposed distressed carrier arrangement either. Not a peep about any of this in that stupid fastread today either. Very frustrating.

 

I have good news and bad news. The good news is we secured a long term contract with delta and a new pilot contract with substantial raises.

The bad news is were getting SEA and SLC bases and we had to give up our commuter policy.

 

It's already been said there's a lot of overthinking to this situation. Airlineapps.com is a third party tool. UAL doesn't run that website. Selecting the box is simply a way separating the tall stack of resumes. They could have also said "select that you have 99 hours on the space shuttle." It's just a way to sort the stack. Relax and move on.