New Hire Classes and Drops
12-13-2021 | 04:07 PM
#1781
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 309
Likes: 0
From: CA
Today’s drop had a ton of 756. I’ll take any aircraft I can just to get EWR. I live about 3 hours from EWR. What can one expect for QOL on the 756 out of Newark? I’ve read reserve time is about 2 years but what is reserve like in this aircraft? Mostly long call? Short call?
My second thought…would it be better to take a a slot in another base on the airbus or 737 and hope I can base trade to EWR before training is complete?
My second thought…would it be better to take a a slot in another base on the airbus or 737 and hope I can base trade to EWR before training is complete?
12-13-2021 | 08:08 PM
#1782
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 195
Likes: 0
From: 737/FO
Today’s drop had a ton of 756. I’ll take any aircraft I can just to get EWR. I live about 3 hours from EWR. What can one expect for QOL on the 756 out of Newark? I’ve read reserve time is about 2 years but what is reserve like in this aircraft? Mostly long call? Short call?
My second thought…would it be better to take a a slot in another base on the airbus or 737 and hope I can base trade to EWR before training is complete?
My second thought…would it be better to take a a slot in another base on the airbus or 737 and hope I can base trade to EWR before training is complete?
12-14-2021 | 02:57 AM
#1783
Banned
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 143
Likes: 0
Depends, 3 hrs which direction? 756 cover JFK too now. You will hold a line more quickly on 73 or Bus. Bus is covering much more LGA flying too. I think January showed 40% of Bus departures out of LGA versus EWR. The rare 4 leg days you hear about on the bus aren’t even difficult in the truest sense. If you decide you want 756 you can bid up but not true of the other direction if you try 756 and don’t like it, you can’t bid down to 73/bus for 2 years. Best Wishes
12-14-2021 | 07:03 AM
#1785
Line Holder
Joined: Aug 2019
Posts: 481
Likes: 3
Depends, 3 hrs which direction? 756 cover JFK too now. You will hold a line more quickly on 73 or Bus. Bus is covering much more LGA flying too. I think January showed 40% of Bus departures out of LGA versus EWR. The rare 4 leg days you hear about on the bus aren’t even difficult in the truest sense. If you decide you want 756 you can bid up but not true of the other direction if you try 756 and don’t like it, you can’t bid down to 73/bus for 2 years. Best Wishes
12-14-2021 | 07:22 AM
#1787
Line Holder
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,069
Likes: 25
Currently showing 19 unfilled positions on the snapshot for the current vacancy bid. That bid closes today so we will know the "official" answer late today or tomorrow, but looks like it may be possible to get that assigned in new hire and if not you would likely get it on the first vacancy bid in which it is available after you are hired. If you don't get it as you new hire assignment you would be at the mercy of the next vacancy bid timing and then the "need" for people in ORD balanced against the "need" for pilots in whatever base you get as a new hire. Given the way things are moving here right now I would say that you wouldn't wait long if at all.
12-14-2021 | 08:12 AM
#1788
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 3,042
Likes: 47
From: 767/757 CA
Add this nugget to your basing decision in EWR: You need to be within 2.5 hours drive time of EWR to sit short call reserve from home… so I’d bid 737 EWR if your goal is to not sit in a car/crash pad/hotel while scheduled on SC for the first 6-9 months at United… movement in this fleet to linholder status will be much quicker. Once off RSV life will improve drastically and the 737 fleet has the most movement for new hires. If unable to hold 737 then I’d bid 756 EWR… flying is best in the system and pretty regular movement since it’s normally going infilled in vacancy bids recently. Either case reserve sucks if you don’t love 2.5 hours from the domicile… once a lineholder everything will be more enjoyable. Good luck.
12-14-2021 | 08:38 AM
#1789
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 162
Likes: 0
Concur with all the previous posters. I'd bid narrow body even if you can't get ewr right off, by the time you finish IOE, you should be able to get into ewr and life is way better with seniority which you will get on the narrowbody before you will on the 756. The other reason is basic rsv vs global rsv which the 756 fleet sometimes gets. Living 3 hours away, you don't want to be on global rsv especially covering 3 bases.
12-14-2021 | 09:23 AM
#1790
Get me outta here...
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,541
Likes: 0
From: Boeing right seat
At SFO, for example, from the time you swipe into the Employee lot, it is at least 20 minutes to get to Ops or the gate/aircraft. And that's moving at a good pace.
I've taken advantage of contractual provision of parking closer to the terminal with a short call out. I haven't timed it, but I'd guess it only saves 5'-8' tops.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
