I’m a fairly new guy to UAL, and it’s been a blessing being here!

I’ve spent most of my 10 months above the G line (meaning guaranteed a line) but I usually play the game and bid Reserve to get the days off I want. On RES you can Agressive Pick Up (APU) trips that you want and seniority based, get... So far I’ve had better luck being proactive with Reserve vs. being a junior line holder.
1.). Commuting is why I chose to be senior on Reserve (open trips are given out based on reserve seniority - just hope that a more senior reserve or line holder doesn’t drop in and take the trip you’re hoping to get)
2.) It seems that (as a junior line holder) dropping trips to swap with another trip that may be a day or two away from your original trip is pretty hard to do here. (Called scheduling to “ask as carefully as I could, what I could do to enhance my chances of getting swaps approved”....but it seems they have limited approval when moving trips beyond a day ahead of your current day - so it’s easier for them to just deny and deal with it later)
3.). The flying as a new guy is pretty good, all things considered. If you are aggressive with your schedule on reserve and understand that you’re the new pilot on a pilot list of 12,7k+ and you’re just another number on the list of thousands of pilots scheduling has to work with/play with initially...you’ll be able to make your first year livable.

No airline is perfect, but we all here at this airline seem to only want better for our future. So, if you get a chance to join this world class airline you’d better give it everything you have to make it!

PS. This is my 6th company, so I’ve seen the worst in the biz! And I still know I made the right choice by coming here!

Good luck to you! So much hiring going on here right now, a lot of guys are getting their base of choice right off the bat and even the equipment that they prefer!