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 and bring shame and disgrace upon my family and myself, also, 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.

Originally Posted by bigfatdaddy

Many of us will bypass (about 7-1) so the door is open for any and all once the list is exhausted. Word of warning though - this outfit has a historical penchant for abusing it's labor so don't put all your eggs in one basket

BFD - former LUAL A320 FO (Not coming back ;( )

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.

Originally Posted by cgull

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.

Craig
UAL
DCAFO

Originally Posted by fireman0174

You are so correct. I can remember many an MEC member saying they wanted the big iron and let someone else fly those toy airplanes.

Originally Posted by EZBW

How many times are you allowed to bypass before they hire off the street?

Originally Posted by catan

Stong infomation! Would you care to give name and approximate dates these guys said that? Not true, is it?

Originally Posted by Andy

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.

Originally Posted by FurloughedX2

Andy,
I know what a 2172 and 1437 is......but what is the 844? And, by the way, you have every right to be an Eeyore.
FX2