Same cost of living as PA? Dude, that California Sunshine is giving you heat stroke. I left California a few years ago after living in state 40+ years. Housing costs in Sacramento, Hayward, Fairfield, Vacaville, Livermore are about double the cost of houses in PA. In California, I was paying around 33 cents / KWHour from PGE for electricity .. in PA, it's 7 cents / KWHour. Moving to PA my state income taxes went down by $2000/month -- that's the equivalent of a new Mercedes every 3 years. What are you paying to register your car in CA (we pay $35/year in PA)? What are you paying for gas per gallon? Even the cost of food is higher in CA. Seriously, EVERY aspect of life in California costs significantly more, you just don't realize it till you escape. It's a lovely state, I agree on that, but don't kid yourself into thinking that it's an affordable place to live.

rp2pilot,

I'm going have my squeeze read this post. She's got Cali on the brain, but I don't have it in my accounts.

United is starting new hire training
 

I received an email yesterday telling me to expect late Nov training date (I received CJO in Mar). However, like many others waiting in the pool that were given 6 different versions of when to expect training, I have been hired by a different company and will not be flying United. Very unimpressed that a multi-billion dollar company screwed up their planning this badly.

Good luck to all of you about to get hired and/or start training with United!

well, semper gumby right? I mean it is aviation.

SFO 320 and 756 had unfilled spots as well.

Hey if this is the biggest disappointment that an airline management hands you during your aviation career then consider yourself fortunate!

Keep in mind, that the only reason why the hiring plan seems to have changed is because of the possible purchase of additional airframes. We will not staff heavy for positions that do not exist. I don't know your background, but this is how the airline industry works. If we have a period where airframes have to be parked, jobs will be lost and furloughs will happen.

Ha Ha .... yes my internal "Prima Donna" voice leaked out a bit there...

Im sorry did United give you a class date and cancel it? Or did they say congrats well call you with a class date? I had to wait 2.5 months for my class at the beginning of all this hiring. Was that a failure too? 9 months just doesn't seem like a long wait for me especially knowing the history of the airline industry.

Good luck in your career and remember you are not entitled to anything. The quicker you realize that the quicker you will no longer be disappointed about your career choice.

Good you had options. I believe it's only happened once this hiring round, but it wasn't that long ago where the situation was the opposite.

UAL was offering classes ASAP, and DAL had a training back up and wait time.

^^^^Pretty much.