UAL annouces hiring
06-19-2007, 09:21 AM
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Pilots make bad career moves all the time - applying at UAL would certainly be one!
Study the way UAL is being managed and it's clear that they don't want to run an airline. UAL is being packaged for a buyout/merger plain and simple.
With UA's performance at the bottom of the heap in virtually every area (and getting worse) I can't see any other carrier willingly wanting to merge. This would leave the hostile takeover option as they are sitting on tubs of cash. Ask the USAir pilots what a good deal that merger was, and expect worse at UA.
Until there is new management, skip applying at UA if you want a secure future or anything that resembles a career.
Study the way UAL is being managed and it's clear that they don't want to run an airline. UAL is being packaged for a buyout/merger plain and simple.
With UA's performance at the bottom of the heap in virtually every area (and getting worse) I can't see any other carrier willingly wanting to merge. This would leave the hostile takeover option as they are sitting on tubs of cash. Ask the USAir pilots what a good deal that merger was, and expect worse at UA.
Until there is new management, skip applying at UA if you want a secure future or anything that resembles a career.
06-19-2007, 10:18 AM
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oh I dunno,
I agree that upper level management has "given up" trying (if they ever were trying) to run the airline as a successful enterprise; at this point, it appears that they are just trying to cash in.
As a career move, I don't see that it could be bad move to apply. If United changes course and becomes something that resembles what it once was just a few years ago, then great, the pilot has an outstanding career ahead!
If the situation at United deteriorates, then a pilot can simply use United as a stepping stone to a much better job, and by having done so, maybe have become more competitive to get that "dream job".
United ain't what it used to be, but it is still way better than a lot of other pilot jobs out there......bottom of the barrell regionals, many unsched. 135, etc.
Just my thoughts.
I agree that upper level management has "given up" trying (if they ever were trying) to run the airline as a successful enterprise; at this point, it appears that they are just trying to cash in.
As a career move, I don't see that it could be bad move to apply. If United changes course and becomes something that resembles what it once was just a few years ago, then great, the pilot has an outstanding career ahead!
If the situation at United deteriorates, then a pilot can simply use United as a stepping stone to a much better job, and by having done so, maybe have become more competitive to get that "dream job".
United ain't what it used to be, but it is still way better than a lot of other pilot jobs out there......bottom of the barrell regionals, many unsched. 135, etc.
Just my thoughts.
06-19-2007, 10:40 AM
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What? Trust me... as long as you have recommendations from line pilots (at both) you have a good chance... big kicker is the person who is giving you the recommendation actually flew in the aircraft with you or in your formation... not worth much for character.
06-19-2007, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by ugleeual
What? Trust me... as long as you have recommendations from line pilots (at both) you have a good chance... big kicker is the person who is giving you the recommendation actually flew in the aircraft with you or in your formation... not worth much for character.
06-19-2007, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Slaphappy
Thats pretty much what I mean. Unless you know someone you are sol
Last edited by JoeyMeatballs; 06-19-2007 at 11:12 AM.
06-19-2007, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
Welcome to the realities of getting most any job in the United States...especially in aviation.
United is known for that isnt it?
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