Originally Posted by Andy

Well, the guppy's work area is the worst of any United fleet for pilots. Small, ancient, loud, slow. A long flight in that torture chamber is not what I'd consider stress free or enjoyable. YMMV.

Originally Posted by Sunvox

To all the ORD lamenters, I admit to suffering from a small amount of Schadenfreude. For those that are not familiar with German, please indulge a moment of explanation. The Germans have a great habit of combining words to make new words and in this case they combined the words for sadness and joy to mean the pleasure one derives from another's unhappiness.

When I was a new hire I inquired as to whether or not we would ever grow New York, and a then senior executive said . . . and I quote . . . "well at United the sun rises and sets in Chicago so I'm gonna say the chances we will grow New York are zero".


I never forgot those words.

Times change . . .

P.S. I live in NY

P.P.S. James, you should know I have 17 days off. My trips are all 2 legs only. I have 80 hrs, AND a layover of 25 hours in Cabo. Methinks your experience on the bus is not like mine.

Originally Posted by egldriver

This post typifies the mega narcissist profile that seems to abound in this profession. Some jackass exec says something that cast your situation as anything other than the best and now you need some kind of revenge on those that have nothing to do with it.

By the way I'll up your NB schedule with I had the entire month off thanks to landings class and a little vacation. With full pay. As a middling line holder on the 777 I pretty much get the days off I want, have had Christmas off (never happened when I was on the NB) and pretty much all trips are commutable if needed. To each their own but I wouldn't brag too much. And I probably wouldn't align my thinking too much with old German philosophy their track record is not the best.

Originally Posted by Knotcher

Torture chamber? I wish I had a little more room up there but let’s not go over the top.

Originally Posted by tkhayes90

If you are a “middling lineholder,” why do you need landings class?

Originally Posted by Spicy McHaggis

You obviously don't fly it. Playing the landings game gets most guys that do it either an extra month's pay a year or an extra month off (with pay) a year.

Originally Posted by egldriver

This post typifies the mega narcissist profile that seems to abound in this profession. Some jackass exec says something that cast your situation as anything other than the best and now you need some kind of revenge on those that have nothing to do with it.

By the way I'll up your NB schedule with I had the entire month off thanks to landings class and a little vacation. With full pay. As a middling line holder on the 777 I pretty much get the days off I want, have had Christmas off (never happened when I was on the NB) and pretty much all trips are commutable if needed. To each their own but I wouldn't brag too much. And I probably wouldn't align my thinking too much with old German philosophy their track record is not the best.

Originally Posted by tkhayes90

Yes, I fly the 777. I try to avoid bunky because I like being a pilot...not a pax.

I just don’t understand those that haven’t landed an actual UAL aircraft in their recent memory.