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Originally Posted by LAXtoDEN
News flash, not against scope tightening buddy, and well aware it creates more jobs “at the next level”.
Ok so assuming you understand scope tightening (or should I say just holding the line, then I am very confused by this statement which is what I quoted?
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Originally Posted by LAXtoDEN
Honest question, why are UA pilots so hell bent on that? Why not just reduce the 50 seat scope to nothing in exchange to open more 76 seat flying?
As for the sentiment of the rest of your post, as others have pointed out Delta, United, American already had a pipeline set up prior to COVID to ensure that their mainline staffing is adequate. As well as a very nice bonus structure at most regionals.
I “paid my dues” so to speak at ZW. I did 9.5 years at the company and was just bored and checked on this thread and saw your comment. So I essentially was answering the question that you asked in quote #2 “I don’t understand why UA pilots are so hell bent on that?”
As for future hiring, Delta will be hiring end of this year or early 2022. I am sure UA will as well. Can’t speak to AA. You also have the LCC/ULCCs hiring. Guys in my class at Delta were LCC guys. Military guys. Regional guys. Corporate guys. Pretty solid mix, and when you take the entire pilot population and the handful of good majors to work for, I think our “turbine time” requirements are just fine.
I just did two recommendations for people here when we start hiring again. A JetBlue guy and a netjets guy. So that theory is out the window. Flew into Daytona Beach, Riddle (which I dislike) is alive and well. Booming. So the pipeline is still there and more than likely always will be. You’ll find out that working at any legacy the guys are pretty cool. Somewhere between the regionals and the legacies there’s a system that sorts the good from the bad. Not the pilot abilities, but the personalities. So for that reason some regional guys are paying dues for life—because well, their personalities and or attitudes are terrible.
My favorite line was flying with a captain there.Every trip was “I can’t afford to leave. Awac has the best insurance, industry leading retirement, and vacation is too hard to walk away from.” If you find those words coming out of your mouth someday—after applying everywhere and a couple interviews, take a long look in the mirror.
Good luck to you in your quest for bigger RJs!