Where will flight training be? Answered?
 

Will it be split between DEN and IAH? Or all in DEN? I'm guessing the former, at least for now. Logistics of moving sims would be a nightmare.

Can someone from CAL check your posting site and see if there is anything like this posted? DEN also, or IAH as well?

From the 'Flying Together' site, under 'What's New', click on 'Career Services'. There are separate log ons for UA and CO employees.

Thanks



From the most recent job postings:

Managing Director - Flight Training - Denver, CO (Flight Operations) Full-time
CO-DEN - Denver
Job Posting: - Requisition ID FOPS3-DP
Job-Level:1

FWIW.....Just flew a trip with a CAL School House Cat. He said that when Jeffery showed up in Houston weeks back to speak to the entire School House (Instructors, Ck-Airmen, Fleet Mgr's, ect...), he was very clear in saying that they would keep a split training operation. A major reason for that he cited is to 'protect' the training system....IE - Cat 5 Hurricane hit's IAH, DEN is still running....Crippling Tornado/or huge Snow Storm knocks DEN down, IAH is still running. Again....just one guy who was there, I obviously was not.

I did find it funny that this also went on to say that Jeff actually showed up with 2 guys, dressed in suits that stood in the back of the room/doorway during this entire meeting held at a local hotel in IAH (From what he said, it was CAL/UAL School House people there). When Jeff was done with his horse-n-pony show, the two gentlemen 'escorted' him out when he left....don't remember "Frank" ran around with his own muscle/posse:cool:

DEN? Don't care. IAH? Don't care. As long as I am in a positive space First Class Seat to and from, not training on a day off, and getting a day's pay for each day of work you can send me to Timbuktoo.

Who says UAL and CAL pilots don't agree? That's spot on!

FUPM + 1

From what I heard both buildings will be kept with a 737NG sim at TK and Airbus Sim in IAH for reasons mentioned above.

Might as well bring up the fn joint venture united is lookng into with air canada and some carrier in Latin america. They are trying to get the jv's approved quickly and easily.
And the furlough will be increased. Woohoo.

I will concur with the above. Flew a recent trip with a line check airman and asked if he had heard anything. He said the same thing as SoCal stated. In addition it saves money on hotel/travel costs if they don't have to send IAH people up to DEN.

I think it will stay split for know as the cost of moving the sims but I would think eventually moved to den as there are bays open and plenty of room. That building could be a cash machine if they went back and did some contract training.

After almost 25 years with UAL, I say you can have DEN Training Cener. The high altitude is hard on my sinuses. I relish the idea of training at near sea level.

I head to IAH for my PC on the 21st, so I'll see what I can find out. Seems like a good idea to keep them split since one of our largest bases will be IAH. Just wondering why they want our dispatch to be all in ORD since the WX during the winter can cripple an operation in a heartbeat. Nothing like having split ops to cover your bases..........especially since we're being touted as the "largest airline in the world".............at least until we start downsizing with rj's.:(