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Bainite 08-18-2016 09:28 AM
Originally Posted by MikeF16 (Post 2182111)
I appreciate the effort but the table is worthless. I haven't even been here 2 years and am around 85% which is at your 6 year point. Garbage in, garbage out...

Pretty amazing the careers these guys are going to have compared to my peers. At 15 years, I was still below 75% and at 16 years I still couldn't hold captain on anything at Delta. Now we're talking about hiring off the street into the left seat. Wow!

gloopy 08-18-2016 10:36 AM
Originally Posted by tunes (Post 2182912)
i know everyone at hq is saying it will go to new hires, and know you work in training, but i just dont see the 330 going to new hires.
It almost defiantly will go to at least some new hires. Especially now that we have a 1 year new hire freeze and are on the verge of agreeing to a 2 year concessionary new hire freeze. In any case, with great movement comes great isolated bubbles. Bottom plug reserves for years, actually flying, to MED/kidnapping destinations and all the rest, will see at least a few positions go to new hires especially during MOAB's which should be out several times a year for a while.

NYC Pilot 08-18-2016 02:57 PM
Originally Posted by JamesBond (Post 2182157)
International isn't the be all end all for everybody. I knew guys in my peer group that bid ER FO way back when, and couldn't wait to get off of it. HATED international. The OP has stated that he flew international prior to his SWA gig and the 'novelty wore off'. Not saying anything bad about your recommendation, but just realize that not everybody aspires to live on the backside of the clock and manage naps for a living.

That being said, a lot of pilots use JetBlue to commute to NY from Florida and love it. NY is much much easier from FL than ATL unless you are senior and can get the JS at .00000000001second past noon.

The OP actually sounds like he is thinking this thru.
Yes, the OP is certainly thinking this through, not an easy decision. He did say he liked the idea of wide body international schedules and time off. In any case, good luck to him.

NYC Pilot 08-18-2016 03:00 PM
Originally Posted by Mink (Post 2182393)
They've also all been through bankruptcy, furloughed thousands, and routinely rank near the bottom when it comes to customer satisfaction when measured against their global competitors.
Yes but they are global so they offer a variety of career paths and progression. European legacy airlines and Qantas from Australia all had their financial pains as well. Nothing is guaranteed in this business.

Hank Kingsley 08-18-2016 03:24 PM
Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Kiev, Berlin, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Brussels, Lyon, Paris, Nice, Budapest, Vienna, Zurich and every city to Cairo. That's where we used to fly. It was a great job compared to laying over at the Best Western Jackson, Miss. on I-55.

Granted, we don't do that anymore, thanks Bid Laden, but it's still pretty nice.


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