They'll buy whatever they can most effectively have a regional airline fly for them.

With all this United stunting and fronting about buying new narrow or wide body jets (of which they have no money to do so), I think its safe to say that nobody is taking them very seriously.

I know there was talk about the "narrow" bodies last year. There is another thread about that. I just think they are trying to blow smoke somewhere, so they can get everyone excited, and then ask for a crappy contract to get signed. "You can have shiny new airplanes, and bring your fellow pilots back, if you just keep flying for crappy wages."
I can't vote,and I am furloughed, but DON"T DO IT!!! Get the rates up, the freezes off, and maybe a "longevity" since hired even if furloughed. What, a man can dream can't he?;)

If it's over 70 seats, the regionals won't be flying them. Period.

SBD, completely off-topic, but how have you found working for Amtrak? Just lookiing at it as a possible backup, reading online seems like quite a different work environment, but perhaps moe stable.

they are going to get boeing aircraft so the merge with CAL will go smoothly since they operate an all boeing fleet.

Should be:

If it HAS seats, nobody but United Airlines pilots will be flying them. Period.

Use the search function, and look at some of my posts. There was a thread somewhere about it. I don't want to take away from this subject.


P.S. I see they are now looking for an engineer for Chicago.

Well, it is a good thing you are not working at Boeing or Airbus...because with that attitude, you would have "not taken seriously" a $10 billion order between the two companies and passed up options for 100 more Heavy's.

They will be taken seriously and get an excellent price.

You are stuck in your 50 or 70 seater...get VERY comfortable..