Originally Posted by Hedley (Post 3850214)

This was a while back and he had made his slot available. I'm sure that it has been picked up by now, but that is only because hiring has slowed significantly and captain is going more senior. If we were still hiring at ludicrous speed I'm sure that he would have been stuck with his award. We've hired plenty of high time pilots such as ULCC captains who will do just fine with quick upgrades, but we've also hired plenty of people that we would have never considered prior to the pandemic. Wanting to bid captain is one thing, but forced upgrades regardless of if it's at the regionals or legacies is a bad idea. I'm hoping that future growth happens at a level where captain vacancies only go to those who feel ready and bid it.

Originally Posted by Turbosina (Post 3850226)

Yup, the most junior CA award on this last bid was an 11K number, which is... about a 2019 hire? Not actually sure, but 11K is roughly 73 pct company wide. As stated, not a single CA at UAL went to upgrade training against their will. Judging by what's happened with CA vacancies these last few bids, it's highly highly unlikely that we'll ever see actual forced upgrades..

Originally Posted by Turbosina (Post 3850226)

Yup, the most junior CA award on this last bid was an 11K number, which is... about a 2019 hire? Not actually sure, but 11K is roughly 73 pct company wide. As stated, not a single CA at UAL went to upgrade training against their will. Judging by what's happened with CA vacancies these last few bids, it's highly highly unlikely that we'll ever see actual forced upgrades..

Originally Posted by Broncofan (Post 3850253)

Heard a rumor that once starlink becomes available, they are working on allowing FaceTime with dispatch.

Originally Posted by Hedley (Post 3850214)

This was a while back and he had made his slot available. I'm sure that it has been picked up by now, but that is only because hiring has slowed significantly and captain is going more senior. If we were still hiring at ludicrous speed I'm sure that he would have been stuck with his award. We've hired plenty of high time pilots such as ULCC captains who will do just fine with quick upgrades, but we've also hired plenty of people that we would have never considered prior to the pandemic. Wanting to bid captain is one thing, but forced upgrades regardless of if it's at the regionals or legacies is a bad idea. I'm hoping that future growth happens at a level where captain vacancies only go to those who feel ready and bid it.

Originally Posted by Broncofan (Post 3850253)

Heard a rumor that once starlink becomes available, they are working on allowing FaceTime with dispatch.

Originally Posted by Swakid8 (Post 3850270)

How we just stop f-ing around and trying to find out and just install Satcom across the fleet.. Let's put a end to this HF position reporting by voice.... lol

Originally Posted by maxru (Post 3850218)

So, to reiterate, no one is being forced into left seat at this time. Got it.
thanks for keeping up the fallacy