UAL 727 Upgrade

[hoover]

A question for you UAL drivers. How much seniority was needed to hold 727 captain, back in the mid-90's?

 

[hoover]

For that matter, what was the time to upgrade, period.

 

[Stan]

For that matter, what was the time to upgrade, period.

The most junior captain was in the 3-4 year range.

 

[ualdriver]

Anyone in my class (or classes around that date) could have held 737-200 Capt with about 2 1/2 years seniority as a mid '95 hire.

 

[GogglesPisano]

I'm hearing rumors of hiring as early as this fall. (Although the rumors are right here on FI, so take it FWIW.) :beer:

 

[Boz]

I can't see how we won't hire....UAL loves to wait to the last minute....WE ARE SHORT AGAIN for the summer...I can see them making headlines with there cancelations all over again for the 5th summer in a row....They will never learn.

 

[Sonny Crockett]

A question for you UAL drivers. How much seniority was needed to hold 727 captain, back in the mid-90's?

In 2000, I remember a 1997 hire as the MOST Junior B727 Capt. He was ORD based.


Long live the Three Holer!

 

[blzr]

Was Delta the last domestic passenger carrier to do away with the 727?

 

[Old School]

Delta's last 727 flight was in April 2003. NWA,AMR,USAR,UAL all began rapid phase out of 727 after 9-11.

 

[hoover]

I had heard that it was relatively quick, but I was thinking 6 or 7 years. I had no idea it was THAT fast. Why was it so quick?

 

[727C47]

moey,money,money, 3 engines (gulping fuel),3 salaries up front, 727 is God's gift to pilots, but made the bean counters weep.

 

[StopNTSing]

I had heard that it was relatively quick, but I was thinking 6 or 7 years. I had no idea it was THAT fast. Why was it so quick?

Just a guess, but I suspect the pay/schedule/QOL of a junior 72/73 CA wasn't all that great compared to what the same dude could hold as an FO on the wide-body side. Had some buds over at Delta during the Express years tell me the same thing.

 

[AA717driver]

Just a guess, but I suspect the pay/schedule/QOL of a junior 72/73 CA wasn't all that great compared to what the same dude could hold as an FO on the wide-body side. Had some buds over at Delta during the Express years tell me the same thing.

That's certainly true at UAL these days. A friend is staying on the -400 even though he could hold a line as CA on a 320 in ORD. The money's not much different and the NB's work more. TC

 

[Morning Wood]

I know one guy that was an A320 CPT in DCA that went to the -400 as an F/O. Another guy I know was a -400 F/O in SFO forever and finally went to CPT on the 767.

 

[Murphy]

Are salary increases quicking in this year?

 

[NuGuy]

That's certainly true at UAL these days. A friend is staying on the -400 even though he could hold a line as CA on a 320 in ORD. The money's not much different and the NB's work more. TC

Very much the same at NWA. There was an exodus from the DC-9 by captains to the right seat of the wide bodys, and the position was going relatively junior for a while.

The QoL is SOOO much better on the WBs, plus I've heard people say that they want to be on the aircraft most likely to survive a merger.

That shuffle has pretty much ended, and most WB FO slots are going to senior NB FOs. At it's peak, the junior DC-9 captain was slightly under 5 years at NWA, in 99 or 00. Now it's running about 10 years.

Nu