Thread: Hello, Everyone!

I'm with United as my first "big boy" job after graduation as well - though I'm in computer programming, not marketing or anything like that. But even still, there are obviously plenty of people that retire from the airline industry with benefits, and also many who move on. You'll probably have to take it one year at a time. Unfortunately, there really aren't any promises of what those benefits will be 25 years from now - or even after retirement. For example, with UA our retirees lost buddy passes and also fly at a lower priority than they used to.

Also, just keep in mind. Those days and places you'd like to go somewhere? Las Vegas over Thanksgiving, Hawaii anytime, things like that... you're definitely not the only one that has that idea. You have to be very careful with where you go. Other people can make similar plans. Oftentimes they'll be paying customers, but sometimes you'll get nonrevs piling in a day before departure. And with a low seniority and probably low priority as a non-mainline employee (that is, you work for Eagle, not American) you'll have to get used to seeing your name last on the list. We've all been through it.