Originally Posted by APC225 (Post 2007872)

- You must complete any professional development activities required by CommutAir and United Airlines.

Originally Posted by John Carr (Post 2009139)

WTH does this mean?

Originally Posted by chrisreedrules (Post 2009109)

This is all about securing cheap regional labor for the legacies. Not about staffing mainline.

The number of pilots coming from CommutAir compared to the vast number of pilots that will be hired by UA is likely a small percent. It isn't like what AA is doing. Although I will be curious to see how the next couple years pan out for the AA flow programs and if they will be sustainable without choking off the cheap regional labor supply.

Originally Posted by pilotgolfer (Post 2009150)

It's a one year, unpaid internship at Willis Tower.

Originally Posted by oldmako (Post 2009193)

Followed by five weeks in Pyongyang, a few hundred inane short calls, denied expense reports and messed up pay checks. ;)

Originally Posted by BeeWatcher (Post 2009076)

This is simply a case of United negotiating a cheap contract for feed. To ensure that Commutair could pull this off (and at the same negotiating table), Commutair got the magic honey that will allow them to attract "will work for food" pilots.... United doesn't have a mainline pilot shortage; it has a "cheap" commuter pilot shortage.

Originally Posted by oldmako (Post 2009193)

Followed by five weeks in Pyongyang, a few hundred inane short calls, denied expense reports and messed up pay checks. ;)

Originally Posted by baseball (Post 2009383)

Does ALPA have a dog in this fight so to speak? Curious as to what ALPA has to say about making it easy to hire cheap pilot labor. I would have thought that ALPA wanted wages to go up.