New Hire Classes and Drops
06-23-2021 | 08:08 PM
#1331
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From: WB Bunkie
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Attention...
For any question about "how do I get speed / flexibility / seniority / QOL as a new hire, let me summarize the past 10,000 posts on this subject:
Bid the 737 to the base of your choice.
Or a 737 to the closest base... since you can lateral as soon as a slot opens up. Which won't be long.
And if you're DYING to fly the 757, just bid the Guppy anyways... do it for 1-23 months... and bid to the 757 with NO additional freeze, once you have a modicum of SA on what life at UAL is like as a Guppy FO.
Or just bid the biggest thing you can get anywhere and expect to sit reserve for a couple of years.
Your call.
But honestly... does it take this many posts over the past 5 years to understand this?
p.s. "I hate going back to TK" is a common excuse to avoid doing more training. Keep in mind that when you go from the 737 to the 757, it's about 20 days over the course of 4 weeks. It's not 4 months. And you go home on the "weekends" if you want. It's not a hardship tour.
For any question about "how do I get speed / flexibility / seniority / QOL as a new hire, let me summarize the past 10,000 posts on this subject:
Bid the 737 to the base of your choice.
Or a 737 to the closest base... since you can lateral as soon as a slot opens up. Which won't be long.
And if you're DYING to fly the 757, just bid the Guppy anyways... do it for 1-23 months... and bid to the 757 with NO additional freeze, once you have a modicum of SA on what life at UAL is like as a Guppy FO.
Or just bid the biggest thing you can get anywhere and expect to sit reserve for a couple of years.
Your call.
But honestly... does it take this many posts over the past 5 years to understand this?
p.s. "I hate going back to TK" is a common excuse to avoid doing more training. Keep in mind that when you go from the 737 to the 757, it's about 20 days over the course of 4 weeks. It's not 4 months. And you go home on the "weekends" if you want. It's not a hardship tour.
06-24-2021 | 07:49 AM
#1332
On Reserve
Joined: Sep 2014
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Hi guys, I’m an ex XJT FO who left to fly a CE-525 Part 135 after XJT shutdown. My ultimate goal is to get to United.
Do you guys think I’m better off going back to flying Part 121 or do I have a shot with staying where I’m at, upgrading
and possibly becoming a LCA with my current company?
Do you guys think I’m better off going back to flying Part 121 or do I have a shot with staying where I’m at, upgrading
and possibly becoming a LCA with my current company?
06-25-2021 | 05:19 AM
#1335
New Hire
Joined: Jun 2021
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Good morning. I am trying to get an accurate picture of the current time frame between CJO to class. I have been researching in this thread as well as others, but I could not find a recent answer.
Any recent hires care to share their approximate timeline for CJO email - class date email - actual class date? Thank you in advance. Cheers.
Any recent hires care to share their approximate timeline for CJO email - class date email - actual class date? Thank you in advance. Cheers.
06-25-2021 | 06:09 AM
#1336
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Joined: Jan 2020
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For the 737, we have had very little DCA flying since Covid hit. BWI flying has picked up a little recently. But be forewarned - the DCA/BWI flights are not typically commutable since we exist to fly the early bank out and return at the last bank at the end of the night.
DCA 737 in general has been very stagnant since all the widebody flying went away. 756 is starting to come back and the 777 supposed to be back in Feb 2022. 787 is currently about 1/3 its former size with no announced growth. Until all that flying returns, DCA narrowbody will remain overmanned with limited opportunities for new hire entry.
My guess is that our overmanned narrowbodies will attrit as widebody pilots retrain this fall and that we will see some vacancies next spring.
Or maybe they announce 200 737 CA vacancies next month. Or completely close the base and let Mesa take over. The future will be somewhere between there.
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06-25-2021 | 06:30 AM
#1337
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Sleeping in the black swan’s nest.
06-25-2021 | 05:34 PM
#1338
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Joined: Jun 2021
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Interview Prep
Due to my newbie status, I cannot start a new thread but as this relates to new hire classes hopefully will get some good feedback from those who have recently gone through the process.
To prepare for a UAL interview, did you utilise aviationinterviews.com ? RST? other services?
Thanks in advance.
To prepare for a UAL interview, did you utilise aviationinterviews.com ? RST? other services?
Thanks in advance.
06-25-2021 | 06:13 PM
#1339
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Joined: Jan 2014
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From: CA
Due to my newbie status, I cannot start a new thread but as this relates to new hire classes hopefully will get some good feedback from those who have recently gone through the process.
To prepare for a UAL interview, did you utilise aviationinterviews.com ? RST? other services?
Thanks in advance.
To prepare for a UAL interview, did you utilise aviationinterviews.com ? RST? other services?
Thanks in advance.
06-26-2021 | 04:04 AM
#1340
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Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 381
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Word on the street is that Cage Marshall is booked for months. Emerald Coast Interview Consulting has a good product but very little one-on-one other than 1hr telephone top offs. FAPA has a decent service. I'm not familiar with the other companies out there but the advice stands - some prep is better than no prep.
I do have friends that did not do any formal prep - they all got hired somewhere but not necessarily at their "dream job".
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