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Old 02-08-2012 | 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by HotMamaPilot
Reading your posts, I can't help but think that you are counting your chickens before they hatch. You act as if the job is already yours. Do they no longer interview candidates? I'm assuming you just throw in an application and a UAL id and training packet comes in the mail two weeks later? This is what I call entitlement. Pay your dues. You're a regional fo; you have a long way to go. Who knows, maybe they will hire you someday, but maybe they won't. Stop writing as if the job is a guarantee. Furthermore, I hope that you would proofread your application and resume' a little more than you do your posts (grammatical errors). And as far as being the kid of a ual pilot; I was one too. It don't mean squat.
Hot Mama, his OP was not "can some mean chick jump in here and rain on my parade."
Grammar? "Who knows, maybe they will hire you someday, but maybe they won't." This is a complete run on sentence. You better be a real hot mama with all that mouth.
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Old 02-08-2012 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by XHooker
... you most definitely won't be considered a scab if you go to UAL under the circumstances you describe ...
Ditto. If the folks who have kept people out of work by staying past age-60 aren't considered scabs, then you CERTAINLY won't be.
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Old 02-08-2012 | 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
I'v been reading the threads in here with great enthusiasm and I am glad to hear that some of you are coming back to work. I feel for all of you as my dad is a pilot for UA, and though never furloughed, I have seen and personally felt what all 7500 of you have gone through.

I have wanted to fly for UA since I could talk and I am on my way to pursuing that dream but I don't want to do it in the wrong manner.

My question is when all of you have had the opportunity to be a "New hire" at CO and they start hiring off of the streets will the off the street new hires be looked down on?

I refuse to be a scab and I refuse to take another pilots job for the simple reason of my dad would throw me into a volcano. I know its a ways away but I will not apply if it means taking another pilots job.

I have been wondering about this and I get asked this question alot by the people I fly with so any answers would be appreciated.
I'm not one of the 1437, but you would definitely NOT be a scab. If the L-CAL side of United Continental Holdings begins hiring off the street it is because they have gone through the list and given everyone more than one opportunity to fill those slots. At that point all those will have voluntarily decided to remain on the street. The scenario you describe would be completely different than being a scab and you'd be welcomed with open arms by this pilot group. (BUT, just don't hug a real scab!)
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Old 02-08-2012 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by HotMamaPilot
Reading your posts, I can't help but think that you are counting your chickens before they hatch. You act as if the job is already yours. Do they no longer interview candidates? I'm assuming you just throw in an application and a UAL id and training packet comes in the mail two weeks later? This is what I call entitlement. Pay your dues. You're a regional fo; you have a long way to go. Who knows, maybe they will hire you someday, but maybe they won't. Stop writing as if the job is a guarantee. Furthermore, I hope that you would proofread your application and resume' a little more than you do your posts (grammatical errors). And as far as being the kid of a ual pilot; I was one too. It don't mean squat.
somebody get this broad a cranberry juice.
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Old 02-08-2012 | 06:32 AM
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Thank you everyone for your input, and good luck.
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Old 02-08-2012 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by bernouli
somebody get this broad a cranberry juice.
Wow!!! That's really funny!!!
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Old 02-08-2012 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
I'v been reading the threads in here with great enthusiasm and I am glad to hear that some of you are coming back to work. I feel for all of you as my dad is a pilot for UA, and though never furloughed, I have seen and personally felt what all 7500 of you have gone through.

I have wanted to fly for UA since I could talk and I am on my way to pursuing that dream but I don't want to do it in the wrong manner.

My question is when all of you have had the opportunity to be a "New hire" at CO and they start hiring off of the streets will the off the street new hires be looked down on?

I refuse to be a scab and I rufuse to take another pilots job for the simple reason of my dad would throw me into a volcano. I know its a ways away but I will not apply if it means taking another pilots job.

I have been wondering about this and I get asked this question alot by the people I fly with so any answers would be appreciated.
That's a good reason, but not nearly the best one. I hope that was an oversight, and I'll bet it was.

Right?


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Old 02-08-2012 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by throttleweenie
That's a good reason, but not nearly the best one. I hope that was an oversight, and I'll bet it was.

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Yes, of course it was an oversight but I can see how it can be misread so I fixed it. Thank you.

This thread would not make much since if it wasnt....
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Old 02-08-2012 | 03:11 PM
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MasterOfPuppets, I'm one of the 844/2172/1437. You will NOT be looked down on or considered a scab by any of us.
If you look at all of the airlines, United has the highest percentage of retirees over the next decade. We have more than 3% of the combined list retiring every year for more than a decade. If you can get on the leading edge of hiring this cycle, I think that you will have a great career. Keep in mind that I've been labeled as an Eeyore on this website for being negative.
Best of luck to you.
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Old 02-09-2012 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by LifeNtheFstLne
You fly an EMB-170 and you're worried about someone else taking jobs? Hahahahaha that's rich!
I dont think you should laugh at him. He did not take any job away. All those jobs were given away by each and every pilot group that did not have the balls to stand up to management and say no to scope degradation. Additionally, the President of ALPA National has signed every one of those contracts by the likes of DAL, UAL, NWA etc effectively creating a "B-Scale" within the pilot profession. The Majors have given away those jobs, they were not taken.

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