Originally Posted by Finessed (Post 3638915)

There was never a randomness this past year to United's hiring department bizarrely skipping past plenty of qualified candidates over these no degree, low time, zero to hero ULCC/ACMI scrubs. They don’t want new hire pilots on property who know their worth.

The next step will be matching low costs carrier crew uniforms. Then the real United next, uneducated pilots flying low cost carrier pay rates charging legacy ticket prices. That’s Scotty boys actual definition of “competitive”.

Originally Posted by Finessed (Post 3638931)

You assumed incorrectly.

Originally Posted by Otterbox (Post 3638933)

Once AA regional 50 seat RJ CAs started making $600+/hr and LCAs started making $1200+/hr in premium pay........

Originally Posted by Finessed (Post 3638931)

You assumed incorrectly.

Originally Posted by BobbyLeeSwagger (Post 3638930)

I think folks that came up quickly know their worth maybe even more than previous gens.

Originally Posted by BobbyLeeSwagger (Post 3638936)

I think when this happened ALL pilots knew their worth a little more

Originally Posted by DownWithNarita (Post 3638937)

I doubt it.

Originally Posted by Otterbox (Post 3638940)

Wish that was the case but there are still NB CAs thinking they’re hot **** for picking up premium at $400/hr during contract negotiations and pilots tripping over themselves to become LCPs for an extra $27/hr…

Originally Posted by Otterbox (Post 3638933)

Once AA regional 50 seat RJ CAs started making $600+/hr and LCAs started making $1200+/hr in premium pay those wells pretty much dried up. Other regionals worked to match pay so UAL started prioritizing hiring from their next best sources of pilots that hurt the competition… AA and DAL regional FOs and ULCC FOs.

Originally Posted by Finessed (Post 3638947)

The wells DID NOT dry up. They just didn’t want to hire from their own regional wells. Anything to save their regional model right Otterbox? Let’s defend the scrub hiring to save the contract flying.