Base and A/C Drop in Aug 7 Class?
 

Anyone have the scoop on the bases assigned and aircrafts available? How about the 8 ball?

756 SFO X 4
320 SFO X 11
737 SFO X 7
320 LAX X 5
737 LAX X 8
320 EWR X 5
737 EWR X 16

There were 34 in class. Not sure about who got what. There is another class in 2 weeks and 2 in September. Each of those have about 40 new hires.

756 went untouched (not a must fill). 8 ball took a 320 to LAX. Almost 50/50 between Guppy and Bus.

High awareness by the new hires! If you're in one of the upcoming classes and are in your 20s or early 30s, get up for life on the 757 in SFO. :cool:

what does this mean?

Wondering the same??

Unfilled vacancies plus juniority in your new hire class = 757 is only thing left

757...Oh the horror!

It’s not the plane that’s the problem, it’s the juniority.

On reserve working weekends while your classmates are line holders getting weekends and holidays off, all for the same pay, is not fun.

Agreed, did it for 2 years, the 737 QOL (and flying variety) is much better.

Did it for 8 years.....off and on......ahhh the lost decade!

If you get the 756, you are seat locked into it if you want to go to the Guppy or Bus (no seat lock for moving up in category or seat). All you can do is move bases if you have enough seniority.

Go have a look at a SFO 757 bid award and you’ll have your answer.

I’ve been here over 5 years. I bid the 756 in training and it was great. Reserve in EWR wasn’t awful. Everything was commutable and we never had to worry about covering LGA. I was on reserve about 18 months. Only this year did I switch to the Bus, and that was because ORD (my home) on the 756 was becoming ubër senior with wave after wave of guppy refugees. Otherwise, loved the airplane(s) and variety.

My point here is if you’ve got a Midwest/East coast guy who’s going to commute anyway, maybe the 756 isn’t a bad call. I can’t imagine you’d be stuck in SFO very long before you could transfer to EWR.


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Heard the 8 ball was 23? Any truth to this?

Yep...truth.

23.5 ish zero jet time. That is a lottery ticket.

Good for them, but why on earth are we continuing to do this kind of hiring?

23? Is that old enough to even be a millennial?

Was it an ATCA program candidate?

Sfo756 does none of that flying. They’ll be doing redeye transcons to EWR 90% of the time. I wouldn’t touch it as a new hire either.

Try re-reading the 2nd paragraph I wrote. I understand the SFO flying sucks. If they’re thinking they’d like to end up in EWR, it’s not a bad gig at all.


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Wow, 23....hope they do some research on the suck most of us dealt with the last 10-15 years. Doesn’t seem right when buddy’s with LCA time can’t get a call


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Yup.

So you’re telling me this kid is more qualified than a career mil guy who just isn’t current?

No, and there’s no point losing sleep over this. Also a high-ish timer when hired here. The company hires plenty of retired mil, 10-15k+ hr regional people, etc. Every single company also takes some low time, young pilots. The only thing we can hope is they vet them well.

Here we go with the 23 year old versus military buddy who hasn’t gotten called.

It’s been beaten to death, its out of our internet Keyboard control . Hopefully your friend gets a call soon for those who didn’t .

To the 23 year old man I am jealous and envious . Congrats and enjoy the ride .

huh......somehow I must have missed that day in school when they said life is fair........:rolleyes:

How many times should we beat this dead horse. At this point the poor horse is a skeleton that is damn near powder.

Both his parents are Captains so bet is he’s aware of the past.

But yeah. 23-no jet time. Interesting
Seems crazy.

Had his Dad in the jumpseat. Nice guy, told me how hard his son worked to get here. I’m happy for the kid but that comment made me throw up in my mouth a little....

He’s 23.... he didn’t have time to work hard :rolleyes:

Haters gonna hate, yo. Hate the game, not the player.

You can’t be mad at a kid who took advantage of a program offered by the company. This whole thread reminds of that joke......what’s the difference between a b!tch and a wh0re?

This kid works here now and will have 42 year career. Look at the top of our list today, the sub UA ‘78 hires are sitting at about that longevity. How much crap to you give them?

The smart money is on lifting this kid up, teaching him about labor’s past, and making a strong unionist out of him. Like it or not, he’s going to carry the torch to 2060. Shun him (and other young pilots) or teach them, that’s on us.

He’s got as much (maybe more) airline experience as a career mil guy. Apparently he met min standard which probably includes being current. So yeah, to the scantron, he’s more qualified.

Everything points to him being a ATCA grad.

If true, he met THAT min standard, but not OTS min standard.

Not every company hires people with zero jet time and no PIC jet/turbo prop. I know at FedEx we are still requiring the 1,000 PIC turbo prop or jet with a MTOGW 12.5k or greater. So he/she would not have met our minimums.

Pretty sure it went from required to preferred.

Pretty sure at least 1 pilot hired at FedEx this summer didn’t have it.

The first (or early one) of many I'm guessing.

If his dad had any semblance of common sense he wouldn’t be spouting off at all that it was his kid that got hired at 23 amongst pilots. If you feel the need to brag do it towards friends outside of work. Only drawing uneeded attention to the kid.

One of the best posts I’ve read on here in a while...

Which I’m certain is not considered for a pilot job at United. He probably didn’t pass the Bar, or have an MCAT on file but still got hired. Go figure.

23 and no jet time and no experience is just flat out dangerous.