UAL or Delta
01-02-2020 | 08:17 PM
#21
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When I was long haul it was just a high speed buffet to happy hour.
01-03-2020 | 05:17 AM
#22
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From: 767 Captain
While there is no disagreement on profit sharing, their profit numbers will always be better than ours due to their outsourced international flying. United has and for the foreseeable future will have far more widebody flying. When you factor that pay differential vs. profit sharing, I would go with United (Captain with 12 years on 777 = $359/hour with international override vs. 320 Captain $283/hr. = $76/hr X 1000 hours pay credit per year, $76,000. 10% difference in profit sharing won’t get you that) . But like everyone above has emphasized, commuting versus living in base should be a minor consideration.
01-03-2020 | 05:54 AM
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People told me to avoid DAL because of lack of WBs, 1.5 years on property and I was in the right seat of a WB...you just never know. Profit sharing is great now, may not be in the future. Contracts come and go, profit sharing will come and go. Go where you can most easily live where you want. Both are great companies.
01-03-2020 | 06:24 AM
#25
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I’ve heard at UAL we have more ability to get higher credit per month and drop trips also. Not sure if there’s any truth to that. I easily get average 95 credit per month and have had vacation months with 110-120, I remember being told by a Delta JS they have limits on that, not sure if that’s accurate or not. I do like our ability to have pilots with 40-100+ credit per month, to each his own.
01-03-2020 | 06:24 AM
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People told me to avoid DAL because of lack of WBs, 1.5 years on property and I was in the right seat of a WB...you just never know. Profit sharing is great now, may not be in the future. Contracts come and go, profit sharing will come and go. Go where you can most easily live where you want. Both are great companies.
01-03-2020 | 06:33 AM
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I do wish we banded our 764/330 like you guys.
01-03-2020 | 06:51 AM
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I’ve heard at UAL we have more ability to get higher credit per month and drop trips also. Not sure if there’s any truth to that. I easily get average 95 credit per month and have had vacation months with 110-120, I remember being told by a Delta JS they have limits on that, not sure if that’s accurate or not. I do like our ability to have pilots with 40-100+ credit per month, to each his own.
01-03-2020 | 07:39 AM
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I’ve heard at UAL we have more ability to get higher credit per month and drop trips also. Not sure if there’s any truth to that. I easily get average 95 credit per month and have had vacation months with 110-120, I remember being told by a Delta JS they have limits on that, not sure if that’s accurate or not. I do like our ability to have pilots with 40-100+ credit per month, to each his own.
With a little seniority, thanks to OE trip buys and picking up (or greenslipping) over those days, I have buddies averaging 110-120 month even in non-vacation months. Recently flew with a A330 captain that had a 12 month rolling average of 164 hours/month (highest month was ~250...I actually saw his PAS that proved it). Dude is 70% in his seat, but he's hustling trying to pad his account before retirement. Point is every contract has it's niceties.
01-03-2020 | 08:04 AM
#30
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From: 777
I’ve heard at UAL we have more ability to get higher credit per month and drop trips also. Not sure if there’s any truth to that. I easily get average 95 credit per month and have had vacation months with 110-120, I remember being told by a Delta JS they have limits on that, not sure if that’s accurate or not. I do like our ability to have pilots with 40-100+ credit per month, to each his own.
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