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TK guy said 950 new captains in 2015. They're trying to buy some used airbus and/or Boeings. We'll of course believe it when we see. But that sure would be a shot in the arm for all of us.
 
chppr5 said:
You must be a treat to fly with.....
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I got no complaints. But please, enlighten the rest of us non brain surgeons just how we should fly with you. Maybe you can help to sway us to your way of ********************ing up an airline. Maybe an ESOP................?
 
SIG600 said:
If you say so...

UAL airplanes are all out fitted with Plantronic head sets, and a hand mic most of which are telex.

It's not UAL specific the background noise and if it's such a burden, may I suggest the VOL knob for you. It's adjustable.
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It's a nuisance to have to turn the volume down then back up all the time, and besides, by the time you turn the volume down, the irritating nuisance noise is almost over. I don't care what brand headset or microphone they use, usually their transmissions have a nuisance irritating noise in the background much more frequently than any other airline.
 
Flopgut said:
TK guy said 950 new captains in 2015. They're trying to buy some used airbus and/or Boeings. We'll of course believe it when we see. But that sure would be a shot in the arm for all of us.
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5 Nov Crew Resources Outlook:
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756/76T
Since the last Crew Resources Outlook, a lot has changed on this fleet. We are retaining eight 757 ETOPS aircraft and four 76T aircraft longer than expected. We also are looking at potentially retaining more aircraft. This changes our staffing plan as it relates to the 756/76T fleet. The number of displacements we once thought we would make prior to September 2015 has been reduced substantially. In the fall of 2015, we will begin converting most of our 76T aircraft to 756 configuration. More details will be published as the transition plan comes into focus."


There probably wouldn't be a need to buy Boeing airframes; they could just pull some out of the boneyard and do some refurb/heavy checks.
I'm not sure that buying used Airbii would be worth it; they're throwaway planes. I don't think United's retired (m)any airbii.
 
Ex737Driver said:
I got no complaints. But please, enlighten the rest of us non brain surgeons just how we should fly with you. Maybe you can help to sway us to your way of ********************ing up an airline. Maybe an ESOP................?
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How about Smisek as CEO?
 
Andy said:
5 Nov Crew Resources Outlook:
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756/76T
Since the last Crew Resources Outlook, a lot has changed on this fleet. We are retaining eight 757 ETOPS aircraft and four 76T aircraft longer than expected. We also are looking at potentially retaining more aircraft. This changes our staffing plan as it relates to the 756/76T fleet. The number of displacements we once thought we would make prior to September 2015 has been reduced substantially. In the fall of 2015, we will begin converting most of our 76T aircraft to 756 configuration. More details will be published as the transition plan comes into focus."


There probably wouldn't be a need to buy Boeing airframes; they could just pull some out of the boneyard and do some refurb/heavy checks.
I'm not sure that buying used Airbii would be worth it; they're throwaway planes. I don't think United's retired (m)any airbii.
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I also heard Delta might sell their 764s to us.
 
chppr5 said:
That's our fault also.....
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Unless you're on the BOD of either company, you have no control over senior management. Senior management is now completely dominated by ex-CONs. The ones who have control over the fate of the company.

You, me, Flopgut, exguppydriver, and the rest of the line pilots are simply oarsmen on this slaveship and have very little control over the direction the company is headed.

If you know of any line pilots who have control over anything that's been complained about on this forum, please point it out.
 
Flopgut said:
I also heard Delta might sell their 764s to us.
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There have been rumors forever that DL and UA would "exchange" fleets to keep MX costs down. One would get all of the 757-300s, the other would get all of the 767-400s. (Between the two airlines)



Bye Bye---General Lee
 
General Lee said:
There have been rumors forever that DL and UA would "exchange" fleets to keep MX costs down. One would get all of the 757-300s, the other would get all of the 767-400s. (Between the two airlines)



Bye Bye---General Lee
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Interesting to get your side of the rumor too. The unfortunate part (for us) is these sorts of rumors don't come to be, at all. Things go the other way. But, like Andy posted, United is indeed bolstering the 757/767 fleets. DAL 764s look just like ours in the panel, equipment, furnishings right? *edit* 753 not a good Hawaii airplane for UAL, so a swap sorta makes sense. Worked fine at CAL (non CPDLC) Talk is that all UAL pilots will have to touch the 764 every 90 days if something is not done to standardize. You all don't do that, right? Thanks
 
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Ex737Driver said:
Nope. Different airline to merge with but unfortunately that ship has sailed and we are now circling the drain.
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You would be b!tching more if CAL tied up with either AMR or LCC. Sorry the three years of one sided growth ended. And btw, CAL management was short sighted and CAL ALPA was completely worthless. I'm perfectly happy they are gone...
 
nimtz said:
You would be b!tching more if CAL tied up with either AMR or LCC. Sorry the three years of one sided growth ended. And btw, CAL management was short sighted and CAL ALPA was completely worthless. I'm perfectly happy they are gone...
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That's the reality. UAL, AMR, LCC and CAL were going to end up being two airlines. There was no way that LCC or CAL would remain independent carriers, no matter how much any line pilot wished for something different.

CAL's choices were UAL and AMR. LCC wasn't an option, as Parker was looking to fold them into either UAL or AMR. For anyone who remembers, Parker was pissed off when UAL went with CAL instead of LCC.

If CAL had merged with AMR, the combined airline would have had quite a bit more route overlap than with UAL and there would have been a lot of route/aircraft/personnel reductions with a combined AMR/CAL. And all of these decisions were being made in the boardroom, not on the flight deck.

The merger's over. SLI's over. Time to get over it.
 
nimtz said:
You would be b!tching more if CAL tied up with either AMR or LCC. Sorry the three years of one sided growth ended. And btw, CAL management was short sighted and CAL ALPA was completely worthless. I'm perfectly happy they are gone...
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IF your gonna call it that, do it right. It was 6 years of one-sided growth. I still laugh at the fact that UAL pilots wanted to wrongly take aircraft seats that were ordered by CAL before long before the merger because they felt wronged or slighted. Sits right up there with a scab taking another pilots job. The entitlement mentality at UAL is alive and well.
 
Ex737Driver said:
IF your gonna call it that, do it right. It was 6 years of one-sided growth. I still laugh at the fact that UAL pilots wanted to wrongly take aircraft seats that were ordered by CAL before long before the merger because they felt wronged or slighted. Sits right up there with a scab taking another pilots job. The entitlement mentality at UAL is alive and well.
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I guess that would be correct if CAL as a stand alone was planning on opening bases in DEN, LAX, ORD and SFO, all those new airframes ended up replacements not growth. So the fact that combined block hours has actually decreased since the anouncement of the merger those seats were actually LUAL's due to the fact that they replaced our A/C that were parked and replaced the block hours out of LUAL bases. Who ordered what didn't matter to management after the merger as they operated as a single carrier, but don't let facts get in the way of your revisionist history.
 
950 new captains in 2015 guys. (That's going to be a lot if hiring. +1 retirement/18hr. Heard from a good source. Looking for airplanes for mainline to fly. We're all just as wrong as we are right about merger details. We gotta move on.

Btw I am actively looking for a new avatar. Can't get this one down right now.
 
Ex737Driver said:
IF your gonna call it that, do it right. It was 6 years of one-sided growth. I still laugh at the fact that UAL pilots wanted to wrongly take aircraft seats that were ordered by CAL before long before the merger because they felt wronged or slighted. Sits right up there with a scab taking another pilots job. The entitlement mentality at UAL is alive and well.
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I'll be sure to tell my friends that were furloughed in '08 that CAL was actually a growing beast. And if you wanna talk scab like tendencies, let's give a strong shout to the many CAL capts that flew VJM rt seat during both that furlough and the 4 year wait for the JCBA. Best of luck being a bitter @rse the rest of your career.
 
chppr5 said:
I guess that would be correct if CAL as a stand alone was planning on opening bases in DEN, LAX, ORD and SFO, all those new airframes ended up replacements not growth. So the fact that combined block hours has actually decreased since the anouncement of the merger those seats were actually LUAL's due to the fact that they replaced our A/C that were parked and replaced the block hours out of LUAL bases. Who ordered what didn't matter to management after the merger as they operated as a single carrier, but don't let facts get in the way of your revisionist history.
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Just as advertised, your hypocrisy knows no bounds. We did operate in LAX as a base. DEN, ORD, and SFO were added as you took flying in IAH in EWR. Funny how you conveniently forget the 10 767-200's we parked as well as the 737-500's. You parked aircraft and had nothing to replace it with, we did. Not CAL's fault Tilton boned you. You just conveniently slid into aircraft and seats that simply didn't belong to you. Oh but I'm quite sure all of the WB 767 flying in EWR that was shifted was due you, right? As well as the bus flying in IAH, right? I love that. Who ordered didn't matter. Classic UAL. Thanks for your aircraft and we will show you how to fly em once we grab the seats. Please, continue to amaze us with "your" facts.
 
nimtz said:
I'll be sure to tell my friends that were furloughed in '08 that CAL was actually a growing beast. And if you wanna talk scab like tendencies, let's give a strong shout to the many CAL capts that flew VJM rt seat during both that furlough and the 4 year wait for the JCBA. Best of luck being a bitter @rse the rest of your career.
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Stockholm syndrome is an ugly thing, knob.
 
Ex737Driver said:
Just as advertised, your hypocrisy knows no bounds. We did operate in LAX as a base. DEN, ORD, and SFO were added as you took flying in IAH in EWR. Funny how you conveniently forget the 10 767-200's we parked as well as the 737-500's. You parked aircraft and had nothing to replace it with, we did. Not CAL's fault Tilton boned you. You just conveniently slid into aircraft and seats that simply didn't belong to you. Oh but I'm quite sure all of the WB 767 flying in EWR that was shifted was due you, right? As well as the bus flying in IAH, right? I love that. Who ordered didn't matter. Classic UAL. Thanks for your aircraft and we will show you how to fly em once we grab the seats. Please, continue to amaze us with "your" facts.
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I'm out. Debating you is like debating my 10 year old. Even he knows your LAX base opened AFTER the merger. God speed to your flying partners.
 
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This from a guy named 24/48 on APC:



"I've got a couple more things to add to this party....

1) 777-300's are back in the works as the 777-X appears to be out of our price range.

2) (As most already know) UA management is looking for an inexpensive 100 seat option, bringing back the 737-500 is a very real possibility. Put first class, econ plus, entertainment, and wi-fi in them. They would also be looking to update the flight deck so that we could fly them as a single 737 fleet (and no we wouldn't have to go back to the old digitally imposed 6-pack on the NG's)

3) We are now keeping 18 of the 767-300's originally slated for the "boneyard" and will be retro-fitting them nose-to-tail, that includes the flight decks. They are looking to have these jets integrated with the 756 fleet and flown primarily out of IAH. Not sure if they will be putting a class 1 rest facility in or not, but it would be wise to do so IMHO.

4) Starting in January we will be getting a 737-900ER (I love adding the "ER" part, what a joke) every week, and 2 787's (mostly -9's I believe) a month. My guess is that any base with a global route map will see this bird eventually."





Bye Bye---General Lee
 

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