Really only you can answer that. The timeline that you say is probable, but not guaranteed. If you want to guarantee that you’ll be in 2 months or less and are able to bid EWR on a NB during BI, that’s the sure-er bet. You can bid up at any time, so worst case is another trip to TK.

 

756 trips out of EWR are mostly augmented and mostly 3-days/2 legs. 737 trips are much busier.

There’s an argument for doing 737 for a bit to learn the united system.

But setting that aside, it should be a quick move sfo>ewr/dca possibly even prior to ioe

 

Is there a WhatsApp/ telegram group chat for the 6/6 class?

 

For what one data point is worth:

I applied Feb 24
Hogan invite May 16 (a little under 12 weeks wait)
Took the Hogan May 17
Interview invite May 18
Interview scheduled for Jun 6

 

737 is a pretty busy fleet at EWR. I can’t speak to 756, but after about 5 months on the 737 you’ll be able to get some really great trips, and a decent schedule that isn’t 85 hours unless you want it to be. Weird hearing these guys complain about not being able to trip drop, trade, pickup, etc. I do it 5-10 times a month with absolutely no issue. Part of that is fleet size at EWR, there are lots of pilots and trips in the mix, so that lends to better ability to do this.

My intent when I got here was to do the 737 for a couple years and then go to the 756. It’s been a good time, with awesome flexibility, time off, and great trips so I’ve stayed.

 

It’s the ability to do a straight drop, not bad day/worse day. The pool display is always negative except for a day here or there on the big pick… to include EWR 737 FO. As of 6/2, the entire month is negative. If you know how to bid to maximize the ability to trade into lesser days (e.g. mid-week 1-days later in the month), you can easily dump multiple days for days earlier in the month.

 

do you think any one gets hired after 2023 not going to have a good career?

 

United has hired over 4,000 pilots since hiring started post pandemic. There are just over 4,000 pilots set to retire between now and the end of 2030. One option is the economy tanks or Putin launches nukes and they could furlough and not hire for a long time. On the other hand, we have hundreds of airplanes on order. If a large portion becomes growth and we end up a 20,000+ pilot list, the wave will keep rolling for a long time. Plan for the worst and be surprised when you catch a break.

History shows this profession gets kicked in the nuts pretty hard about once a decade. We averted crisis pretty well in 2020 when most pilots thought they were going to be significantly impacted. Fortunately the repeated kicking in the nuts has created the shortage we’re in today.

TLDR version no one really knows but if you have a lot of years left you should have a decent career, but won’t see as many years in the left seat of a widebody as a 20 something hired in 2021.

 

thank you very much for you input, as a student pilot I always like hearing what people that have been in the industry think

 

All I hear is people complain about the lack of flexibility. Looks like you’ve cracked the code though