Any Pilots from March 3 Cancelled Class
03-02-2020 | 04:02 AM
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I have already started a GoFundMe account for these pilots. The intent is for a few months of extra cash for the pilots that are high and dry with no employment and money to back to their previous employer. I have reached out to their group to see who may be in need and would be willing to accept funds before I go public with the account. I dont want to create a huge fund that no one collects from.
Let me know if you would be willing to donate.
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Let me know if you would be willing to donate.
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This^^^^^^^^^’ is going to be the greatest indicator of how serious this is viewed by the peerage, as indicated by the amount of contributions....
Do you have a link to the page for anyone that wants to contribute?
03-02-2020 | 04:19 AM
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I have already started a GoFundMe account for these pilots. The intent is for a few months of extra cash for the pilots that are high and dry with no employment and money to back to their previous employer. I have reached out to their group to see who may be in need and would be willing to accept funds before I go public with the account. I dont want to create a huge fund that no one collects from.
Let me know if you would be willing to donate.
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Let me know if you would be willing to donate.
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03-02-2020 | 05:48 AM
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Looks like someone’s else beat me to it and is active. I was waiting to actually talk to those in the class to see if they would accept monies, but someone else decided to do it right away.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/march-3rd...+share-flow-7b
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03-02-2020 | 06:34 AM
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Looks like someone’s else beat me to it and is active. I was waiting to actually talk to those in the class to see if they would accept monies, but someone else decided to do it right away.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/march-3rd...+share-flow-7b
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https://www.gofundme.com/f/march-3rd...+share-flow-7b
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Gofund me is really good at this tuff, so no worries if they turn it down, the donors will get a refund. My son had a page set up for him in college when his car flooded. Once he met his goal, he rejected the rest and I think Gofund me gave the donors a choice to donate to other causes or get a refund.
03-02-2020 | 07:48 AM
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This wouldn't rise to the VP of ops level. No need for him to "tell anyone anything." He doesn't call me when I am 10 minutes late due to weather delay or gate hold. It may stink if the 23 folks who are ready for the next phase in their career, but right now there's nothing to tell them. We got max airplanes parked. They knew that. And we got reduction in flying due to a breach in the Chinese biological weapons lab in Wuhan which has caused coronavirus.
what I did when I was in this situation once in 1994 was go out and buy a puppy. They can all find temporary work unlike me as flying jobs were hard to get, but if they are qualified to come to UAL, then they are qualified to do something else til they get the call.
what I did when I was in this situation once in 1994 was go out and buy a puppy. They can all find temporary work unlike me as flying jobs were hard to get, but if they are qualified to come to UAL, then they are qualified to do something else til they get the call.
03-02-2020 | 07:53 AM
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When I left from my regional to major, I remembered back to that 2008 disaster at UAL. A good friend got hosed by that. I made sure my employment went right up to the day I started my new job, and confirmed I could come back if something happened up to the day before. A couple classmates at the new job took multi week vacations before starting the new job, and had no backup if something did happen to them in between. I don’t want to be alarmist or anything, but I’m just saying, if you are nearing that point to transition to a new job, you might want to play it safe.
03-02-2020 | 07:54 AM
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03-02-2020 | 07:58 AM
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This wouldn't rise to the VP of ops level. No need for him to "tell anyone anything." He doesn't call me when I am 10 minutes late due to weather delay or gate hold. It may stink if the 23 folks who are ready for the next phase in their career, but right now there's nothing to tell them. We got max airplanes parked. They knew that. And we got reduction in flying due to a breach in the Chinese biological weapons lab in Wuhan which has caused coronavirus.
what I did when I was in this situation once in 1994 was go out and buy a puppy. They can all find temporary work unlike me as flying jobs were hard to get, but if they are qualified to come to UAL, then they are qualified to do something else til they get the call.
what I did when I was in this situation once in 1994 was go out and buy a puppy. They can all find temporary work unlike me as flying jobs were hard to get, but if they are qualified to come to UAL, then they are qualified to do something else til they get the call.
It's not 1994 anymore, it's 2020.
IF these pilots were told on Friday (as I'm hearing from a few people) that the class was still on, then this was a poor move by SOMEONE in management.
When Sean Archuleta was killed (Atlas 3591 crash in Houston) last year, someone in the company 'understood' the meaning of compassion AND how it would look to the outside world.. to do the right thing.
Putting his name up in the class, sending his wife Wings.
It's the little things.
If the coronavirus continues to trend bad, I get canceling classes. But to cancel a new hire class a few days out is just a dick move. There's no other way to say it.
We live in a very different world these days than 1994, or 2001. Social media is a player now more than ever.
Will this cancellation of a new hire class of 23 affect the bottom line or cause a massive social outcry? Of course not.
But it's just another seed that will now be planted in every United Pilot who learns about it.
It will also be interesting to see when (if) Delta and American cancel their new hire classes.. and how far out.
How about all the Regional carriers?!
This was a mistake by someone in Management. No way of denying that.
FS, FP & FtC
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03-02-2020 | 07:59 AM
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When I left from my regional to major, I remembered back to that 2008 disaster at UAL. A good friend got hosed by that. I made sure my employment went right up to the day I started my new job, and confirmed I could come back if something happened up to the day before. A couple classmates at the new job took multi week vacations before starting the new job, and had no backup if something did happen to them in between. I don’t want to be alarmist or anything, but I’m just saying, if you are nearing that point to transition to a new job, you might want to play it safe.
Welcome to aviation.... the only one looking out for your career, is you.
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