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#11
I have a friend hired Nov 2016 who finally was able to bid into IAH 737 on this last Vacancy - so should be activated there by this fall. Have another Jan 18 new hire friend who wants IAH 737, about 35-40 pilots now remain between him and the junior pilot awarded IAH last time around. Those 35-40 only includes guys who want to bid DEN or stay SFO (e.g. everyone else senior to him who wanted LAX/ORD/etc got it). So, if there is a decent sized Vacancy Bid this fall he will probably get to IAH after about 1 year on property. If things stagnate again it will obviously be longer, but the resumption of New Hire classes suggests movement will continue. YMMV.
Last edited by CLazarus; 05-29-2018 at 10:03 PM.
#12
Thank you everyone very much for all the replies and great insight! Coming to United for a IAH base is not even close to the only reason I'm planning United, it's just the main place I'd like to live of the option given. I just don't know anyone who works at United that's based in IAH so just a lot of unknowns as far as the overall feel of the base is, so I really appreciate it guys, thank you.
#13
Thank you everyone very much for all the replies and great insight! Coming to United for a IAH base is not even close to the only reason I'm planning United, it's just the main place I'd like to live of the option given. I just don't know anyone who works at United that's based in IAH so just a lot of unknowns as far as the overall feel of the base is, so I really appreciate it guys, thank you.
I commuted to IAH 737 for about a year on reserve. I did a lot of Bogota, Port of Spain red eyes in the summer and a lot of Edmonton, and Calgary in the winter. This was back in 2011 so things may have changed but IAH is a big base with some neat flying. I got qual’d to do Tegucigalpa as a reserve. I would shoot for the 737 but obviously I’m biased. I just think the flying is better. Has nothing to do with comfort. Clearly the a320 wins in that category. Hopefully this thread does not devolve. Lol. Houston definitely has a lower cost of living than most (all) of our bases. It’s just too hot and muggy for my blood.
#14
Thank you everyone very much for all the replies and great insight! Coming to United for a IAH base is not even close to the only reason I'm planning United, it's just the main place I'd like to live of the option given. I just don't know anyone who works at United that's based in IAH so just a lot of unknowns as far as the overall feel of the base is, so I really appreciate it guys, thank you.
I really like IAH.
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I commuted to IAH 737 for about a year on reserve. I did a lot of Bogota, Port of Spain red eyes in the summer and a lot of Edmonton, and Calgary in the winter. This was back in 2011 so things may have changed but IAH is a big base with some neat flying. I got qual’d to do Tegucigalpa as a reserve. I would shoot for the 737 but obviously I’m biased. I just think the flying is better. Has nothing to do with comfort. Clearly the a320 wins in that category. Hopefully this thread does not devolve. Lol. Houston definitely has a lower cost of living than most (all) of our bases. It’s just too hot and muggy for my blood.
Do you suppose those two are related in any way?
#17
I have lived in MCI, STL, and currently DFW. (As well as briefly in IAH.). People moving from the coasts are amazed at how low real estate prices are and how spread out the metropolitan areas are. (In DFW I think nothing of driving 35 miles from my home up north to downtown Dallas. Except at rush hour I can drive it in 30 minutes.) These are correlated.
Specifically about IAH, my great uncle was an electrician forman who put in the first dial telephone system. That was before the war (One not Two). He told me Galveston was bigger than Houston at the time. He said Houston was 35,000 people. Today at 6 + million, it is amazing how much it has grown. Oil, air conditioning, and draining the swamps have transformed it. Pre Civil War there was an outbreak of Yellow Fever. Over one third of all Houston citizens died from it, in that single year.
Last edited by TransWorld; 05-31-2018 at 08:33 PM. Reason: Adding about the Yellow Fever epidemic.
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Thank you everyone very much for all the replies and great insight! Coming to United for a IAH base is not even close to the only reason I'm planning United, it's just the main place I'd like to live of the option given. I just don't know anyone who works at United that's based in IAH so just a lot of unknowns as far as the overall feel of the base is, so I really appreciate it guys, thank you.
Good luck with your career path. If you do end up in Houston, I have a request. Wear your Alpa pin proudly on your tie, stay informed, vote, and attend a council meeting from time to time. We still have a certain group of f/o’s who are still butt hurt from their “perceived” injustice on the seniority list after the merger and refuse to wear their Alpa pins. We need to get everyone pulling on the same end of the rope during contract negotiations. Houston seems to be the only place with this culture problem. Don’t let these guys rub off on ya.
#19
Derek,
Good luck with your career path. If you do end up in Houston, I have a request. Wear your Alpa pin proudly on your tie, stay informed, vote, and attend a council meeting from time to time. We still have a certain group of f/o’s who are still butt hurt from their “perceived” injustice on the seniority list after the merger and refuse to wear their Alpa pins. We need to get everyone pulling on the same end of the rope during contract negotiations. Houston seems to be the only place with this culture problem. Don’t let these guys rub off on ya.
Good luck with your career path. If you do end up in Houston, I have a request. Wear your Alpa pin proudly on your tie, stay informed, vote, and attend a council meeting from time to time. We still have a certain group of f/o’s who are still butt hurt from their “perceived” injustice on the seniority list after the merger and refuse to wear their Alpa pins. We need to get everyone pulling on the same end of the rope during contract negotiations. Houston seems to be the only place with this culture problem. Don’t let these guys rub off on ya.
98% of UAL Pilots will go to war for any other UAL pilot regardless of background, legacy, and base. The other 2% are scabs and/or people who can’t see past false labels.
So even though you bashed IAH Pilots based on a false stereotype, I am willing to stand with you when the time comes that you need the unity of 12,500+ pilots during contract negotiations or if the company comes after you as an individual.
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Derek,
Good luck with your career path. If you do end up in Houston, I have a request. Wear your Alpa pin proudly on your tie, stay informed, vote, and attend a council meeting from time to time. We still have a certain group of f/o’s who are still butt hurt from their “perceived” injustice on the seniority list after the merger and refuse to wear their Alpa pins. We need to get everyone pulling on the same end of the rope during contract negotiations. Houston seems to be the only place with this culture problem. Don’t let these guys rub off on ya.
Good luck with your career path. If you do end up in Houston, I have a request. Wear your Alpa pin proudly on your tie, stay informed, vote, and attend a council meeting from time to time. We still have a certain group of f/o’s who are still butt hurt from their “perceived” injustice on the seniority list after the merger and refuse to wear their Alpa pins. We need to get everyone pulling on the same end of the rope during contract negotiations. Houston seems to be the only place with this culture problem. Don’t let these guys rub off on ya.
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