Originally Posted by Cowboy11

So what demographics do you have to be to get hired?

Originally Posted by k.a.m.

Go somewhere else you flamebaiting troll.

Originally Posted by elgeneralisimo

I guess not Puertorican... I never got that 713 area code call from IAH. Too late. Anyways. Im happier where Im at right now.

Originally Posted by Skiy

Bad karma to wish furlough at a traditional legacy carrier like Continental compared to a Skybus or Mesa type operation. But I do think there were some frustrations including myself that Continental did become somewhat of the new Yonited in their hiring process. Not bitter, but I think living with the flowbacks, then having the rug pulled, and then seeing the Continental become mighty selective if you weren't family connected or of certain demographics and then almost pulling all the flying from XJT makes many including myself hold less than high regards.

Originally Posted by jersey kid

Do I care if CAL furloughs? Frick NO! You guys crap on XJT every chance you get.

Originally Posted by Cowboy11

So what demographics do you have to be to get hired?

Originally Posted by Jetlinkrod

Female or african american, that easy.

Originally Posted by Jetlinkrod

Female or african american, that easy.

Originally Posted by xjt145pilot

I hope I am wrong about this, but I really get the feeling from reading alot of these posts that there is a sense of excitement that CAL pilots might have to go through a furlough. It seems as though many XJT pilots are thinking "It's their turn to get screwed." I am a former XJT pilot, now at CAL, I can remember thinking when they announced that 69 airplanes were being pulled that CAL was the enemy, but certainly not the CAL pilots.

Let's not forget that until a week ago things were not looking good for XJT pilots either. But with the exception of a few class of 83-85 pilots, nobody at CAL was excited to see Express take a turn for the worse. Most everybody that I talked with felt very badly about what was happening to XJT. When we were still hiring I, and countless other pilots at CAL, helped as many XJT people as we could get over to CAL.

Those of us that came to CAL did so because we felt it was the right decision at the time, and I still do. Even if I have to endure the furlough I will still come back to a good job that I really enjoy. I feel that the different types of flying that we do has led to a better quality of life for myself and my family. Sure, I wish things were better now, but I will never regret my decision to make the jump when I did.

Originally Posted by Double Shot

Dont fly an RJ. Was most likely senior to you at CAL. 10/98 Hire 02/96 hire at Express. And if you want to compare w2s I would love to share with you. 07/04 Hire at SWA. Now what were you saying again?

Oh yea...8 to 5 says Cal will furlough.