Originally Posted by Skyehog (Post 3868112)

i have not seen any such email? Alas I am only a line pilot

Originally Posted by SSlow (Post 3867979)

I'm not knocking the legacies, but a lot of what you describe primarily applies to the multi-day trips at NK.

Doing mostly day turns you won't deal with nearly as many headaches. It's pretty much show up, fly two legs and walk back to the car after setting the parking brake. Most of the time I don't even see the FAs working in the back.

Occasionaly I may time out and get stuck, but honestly that is mabye once a year for me.

Overall I am much more healthy being home most nights: eating real food at home, working out in my local gym, going for a run on the beach, sleeping in my own bed, etc...

I am no stranger to the 4 day trip life, and I don't miss the hotels and garbage airport food. It's just not for me and I get sick more often living that kind of lifestyle.

WB flying did interest me at some point, but knowing what that kind of flying does to the body I think I would pass if it were an option.

It doesn't look cool and sexy on IG, but non-redeye NB out and backs are about the healthiest kind of flying one can do. However if all one cares about is running up the W2 every year, then the legacies are the way to go. No question about it.


Obviously if NK ceases to exist then none of this matters.


EDIT: Please don't rebut this with the outlier 27.5 year CA who lives in base at xzy legacy and who just started doing day turns toward the end of his/her career. I realize this is possible but I am discussing the kind of flying that one can reasonably do for the bulk of their career in a tax friendly red state.

Originally Posted by Excargodog (Post 3868014)

And legacy flying seniority growth is different. With multiple payscales for multiple aircraft fleets and NBs at the bottom of those payscales the advancement is pretty quick with those retirements. And especially quick in the NB fleets.

Even if the losses are from WB CAs they ripple down quickly into the NB ranks. Where NK was retiring 25-50 people a year from a pilot group of 3000 United is retiring 600-700 a year from 16,000, but almost all of that 700 a year ripples down into the NB CADRE which is maybe 7000 - 8000 pilots, only a little more than twice the NB pilots NK had before the current unpleasantness.

Not even counting growth, the effective NB seniority to CA at UA increases vastly quicker than at NK and so does NB seniority at CA, since you continue to lose CAs to fill WB retirement vacancies.

It's a whole different ball game in seniority progression in the NB. So maybe you are too old to ever get to WB CA, you can still get to NB CA a lot faster and gain seniority as a NB CA faster. Pretty much the same for the other big three legacies. Not to mention that a number of people senior to you will find their niche at WB FO, where they will stay until they retire or are senior enough to make WB CA, and never compete for NB CA at all.

It's really a sort of fascinating queuing theory example.

Originally Posted by Noisecanceller (Post 3868150)

No one is debating any of this. What if you are already close to the top of NK? Anyone in the right seat at NK should absolutely leave if they ever want to be a CA. If you’re already a CA AND senior totally different ballgame. That senility is never returning once you start over unless you are very young. There are very few senior CA at NK that are also very young. Many middle aged and not old but a long way from very young.

Originally Posted by BusBoi (Post 3868016)

Email today from crew plan: some downgrades will be cancelled. Exact number TBA Wednesday morning. Selection due and results posted by Friday. Hopefully there will be enough for mine to be cancelled.

Originally Posted by Alexjones (Post 3868159)

Only a thought we could save a lot more downgrades and furloughs If …

All the ALPA unions jointly requested there carriers to prioritize spirit pilots with CJOs for earlier class dates.

The biggest pilot union in the world appears to be a tooth less tiger on this

Originally Posted by Alexjones (Post 3868159)

Only a thought we could save a lot more downgrades and furloughs If …

All the ALPA unions jointly requested there carriers to prioritize spirit pilots with CJOs for earlier class dates.

The biggest pilot union in the world appears to be a tooth less tiger on this

Originally Posted by Alexjones (Post 3868159)

Only a thought we could save a lot more downgrades and furloughs If …

All the ALPA unions jointly requested there carriers to prioritize spirit pilots with CJOs for earlier class dates.

The biggest pilot union in the world appears to be a tooth less tiger on this

Originally Posted by Alexjones (Post 3868159)

Only a thought we could save a lot more downgrades and furloughs If …

All the ALPA unions jointly requested there carriers to prioritize spirit pilots with CJOs for earlier class dates.

The biggest pilot union in the world appears to be a tooth less tiger on this

Originally Posted by Alexjones (Post 3868159)

Only a thought we could save a lot more downgrades and furloughs If …

All the ALPA unions jointly requested there carriers to prioritize spirit pilots with CJOs for earlier class dates.

The biggest pilot union in the world appears to be a tooth less tiger on this