Summer 2017 Pool
08-17-2017, 03:15 PM
#71
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Originally Posted by sherpster
I wonder how much that 153 pilot pool has dwindled. February is a long way off especially considering that Feb could become even longer if they make another change again. Hard to justify another 6 months waiting on the hope they run a class in February.
This industry is way too fickle for anyone to put their own career advancement on hold while a particular company decides whether it needs more pilots or not.
The ONLY smart play as a pilot is to send resumes to every company you'd be happy to make a career at until one of those companies calls, and then keep updating until your precious chosen one says yes.
Oh BTW if UAL doesn't hire another pilot till March of 2018, there will be 10 others that think this timing is just perfect! It's not personal, it's business.
08-17-2017, 03:36 PM
#72
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Position: 777 CAP
Posts: 768
Originally Posted by Sonny Crockett
Typical United....hire right up until you furlough!
I smell a MERGER.
I smell a MERGER.
Anyone here still think Scott Kirby was hired to compete? Or believe him when he says so?
08-17-2017, 05:38 PM
#74
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Position: 737 CA
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Originally Posted by 89Pistons
Just probably prepping for bumping DCA 777, West Coast 787 if enough 787 folks don't bid SFO 777 or DEN 756 in a future vacancy.
And closing LAX 777, IAH 777, CLE, and GUM.
And closing LAX 777, IAH 777, CLE, and GUM.
08-17-2017, 05:49 PM
#75
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Originally Posted by 89Pistons
Just probably prepping for bumping DCA 777, West Coast 787 if enough 787 folks don't bid SFO 777 or DEN 756 in a future vacancy.
And closing LAX 777, IAH 777, CLE, and GUM.
And closing LAX 777, IAH 777, CLE, and GUM.
IAH 777????? Really?
08-17-2017, 06:27 PM
#76
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Between all the pilots still on some sort of furlough status that have to return sometime in 2018 and the displacements, the training dept seems pretty buried. I'd guess the company doesn't see the logic in bringing a bunch of new-hires on books and then having them sit around waiting for training. I don't think the sky is falling. Is it a let down that new pilots aren't coming on board as quickly as we would all like?.... of course. I'm going to stay cautiously optimistic (for now) that the company is just putting the existing manning where it needs to be.
08-17-2017, 07:04 PM
#77
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The story I've heard from a reasonably reliable source:
1. The company is slightly OVERstaffed but pilots aren't staffed where they need to be (IAH 777 and IAH 756, specifically).
2. A lot of "surplus" pilots from the -400.
3. TK backed up because of the bumps.
All of that along with Kirby's claim of increasing block hours without additional hiring. The sky is not falling (yet), but frustrating to see classes cancelled.
Wait a week and we'll be back too hiring 1200 this year.
1. The company is slightly OVERstaffed but pilots aren't staffed where they need to be (IAH 777 and IAH 756, specifically).
2. A lot of "surplus" pilots from the -400.
3. TK backed up because of the bumps.
All of that along with Kirby's claim of increasing block hours without additional hiring. The sky is not falling (yet), but frustrating to see classes cancelled.
Wait a week and we'll be back too hiring 1200 this year.
08-17-2017, 07:17 PM
#78
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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
And there it is the mega disaster post you said I couldn't find......I didn't even bother looking through your post history I knew you would pony up an example.
IAH 777????? Really?
IAH 777????? Really?
Yes, IAH 777, eventually.
08-17-2017, 10:39 PM
#80
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Originally Posted by Triumph
Between all the pilots still on some sort of furlough status that have to return sometime in 2018 and the displacements, the training dept seems pretty buried. I'd guess the company doesn't see the logic in bringing a bunch of new-hires on books and then having them sit around waiting for training.
If anything I'd imagine the narrowbody LCA and SIM instructors are a bit bored waiting for BI classes to start running again.
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