They have 1B in the bank to soften the blow, plus you could slowly squeeze the feed out of the competition hehe..No union they have no say. Massive stones indeed.

 

Sounds good to me.

 

You have some interesting views, unfortunately not based in reality or any announced plans. The planes that are coming in 2023 are both growth and replacement, but not replacement for any of the aircraft on your list. they are for replacing 50 seaters at the express feeders and growth.

If you think that all of the 757 and 767 fleet will be gone by 2024 then you are doom and gloom to end all doom and gloom. I would bet your next paycheck (mine is already spent) that the 756 fleet will be alive and well at the end of 2024. Will they eventually go away? of course. Does that mean that UAs widebody flying is going to be "much different" than today, I doubt it. We have more 777s than any US carrier, we have more 787s than any US carrier..... What is going to replace the 767, I don't know. Boeing has made a mess of that, but that doesn't mean that UA will just park the 767s and say "oh well, guess we can't fly to those places anymore."

Will the planes coming in 2024 and beyond likely be used for replacement of some mainline aircraft, sure, but the only way the aircraft you mention will be gone that quickly is if there is another cataclysmic event.

The main reason our fleet is "older" than the other majors is because we did not park any fleets during COVID. If you are now trying to say that keeping the fleets was a bad idea and we as pilots should be ****ed, then I question if you are a pilot???

 

C17

what part do you live in? I looked at the WaWa cup many times on the dash in your picture and think how much I miss that coffee!

I grew up in Wilmington and still travel back that way a good bit. I tried to get my wife to move but then Covid came along and I thought I was getting furloughed and now I’m locked into a small crappy town in Texas…..Delaware it’s two hours from everything.

 

I live about 9 miles on the 220 Radial off the DOV TACAN. Come on back...it's still cheap living! I spent a year in a small town in Texas...that was good enough for me.

 

Just something I've talked with others about recently, and flame away if you wish, but United could fill their pilot shortage issue while hurting their legacy competition at the same time with one simple move. Offer Delta and AA pilots a class date without jumping through all the hoops of the whole interview process, instead just a standard background check.

I flew military, then regional, now at a legacy. At this point I really have no desire to play the application and interview game and am quite happy where I'm at. But... if United said we recognize everything you've done to get where you are, why don't you come here and we'll simply stick you in ______ class... that could be tempting. In place for giving up current seniority, they make it a painless process. They add a legacy pilot while creating an empty seat for the competition to fill. Win-win.

 

I absolutely understand the sentiment and agree on many levels.

However, that would require the HR world to admit that they aren't needed, so this has a precisely 0% chance of ever happening.

 

Is shaving for landings class a requirement, a courtesy or a covert effort to stay under the radar..?

 

How do you play the game? Try to pick up fsb to be dropped to the bottom of the list?

 

C-17 tendencies aside, that Wawa cup identifies you as a man of class, yet sensible. I hope you enjoyed Free Coffee Tuesday yesterday.

Excargo, the prices are one thing, but check Denver housing as well, that’s no peach (median $565k currently projected $650k by the end of next year), yet there’s no problem filling vacancies there.