FLIGHT OPS FLYER JULY 9, 1999 **************** ************ SEA B777 BASE TO OPEN IN OCTOBER VS. DECEMBER --------------------------------------------- DIRECTOR-FLIGHT CREW RESOURCES RICHARD LUNG ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THE ADVANCED OPENING OF THE SEA B777 DOMICILE TO OCT. 31, 1999, FROM DEC. 1, 1999. THE OCT. 31 DATE WILL COINCIDE WITH THE CONVERSION OF SEA-NRT-BKK FROM B747-400 TO B777 FLYING, THE FIRST TRANS-PACIFIC FLYING TO TAKE PLACE IN A B777. "THE EARLIER OPENING HELPS US AVOID SCHEDULING INEFFICIENCIES AND ADDITIONAL ROUTE-SPECIFIC TRAINING COSTS FROM FLYING IT OUT OF ANOTHER BASE FOR ONE MONTH," LUNG SAYS. ATTENTION B777 PILOTS: INFO YOU SHOULD KNOW -------------------------------------------- WHY IS YOUR B777 AIRCRAFT LEAVING THE GATE WITH OPEN SEATS IN ROW 43 WHEN SPACE AVAILABLE CUSTOMERS WERE HOPING TO BOARD? YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT TWO DIVISIONS -- ONBOARD SERVICE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE -- HAVE ESTABLISHED AN AGREEMENT THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE JUNE 15 FOR ADDITIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANT CREW REST SEATS ON ALL B777 FLIGHTS WHEN POSSIBLE. CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES BLOCK OUT SEATS 43 D, E, F AND G ON ALL B777 (XI AND XC) AIRCRAFT WHEN THOSE SEATS ARE NOT NEEDED FOR REVENUE CUSTOMERS OR NRPS TRAVELERS. THE SEATS ARE **NOT** RELINQUISHED FOR NRSA CUSTOMERS. THE ROW 43 CREW REST SEATS ARE IN ADDITION TO 26-28 H AND J. THIS IS BEING OFFERED AS AN INTERIM IMPROVEMENT TO CURRENT CREW REST ACCOMMODATIONS WHILE PERMANENT ENHANCEMENTS ARE BEING FINALIZED. SFOFO SEEKS FLIGHT MANAGER CANDIDATES ------------------------------------- IN A JULY 8 JOB POSTING, FLIGHT OPERATIONS ANNOUNCED IT IS SEEKING QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO FILL A FLIGHT MANAGER OPENING AT SFOFO. THE CHOSEN CANDIDATE WILL REPLACE JAN KINDA WHO RETURNED TO LINE FLYING. FLIGHT MANAGER CANDIDATES MUST HAVE 500 HOURS EXPERIENCE AS A UNITED CAPTAIN; LCA EXPERIENCE IS PREFERRED. PILOTS INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION WHO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS SHOULD TALK TO THEIR CHIEF PILOT AND SEND A SELF-NOMINATION FORM WITH A RESUME TO DENEV BY JULY 18. CREW DESK MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------- A CREW DESK MANAGER TRANSITION TOOK PLACE THIS WEEK: FLIGHT CREW OPERATIONS MANAGER ED ALLARD WORKED HIS LAST SHIFT AND NEWLY APPOINTED FLIGHT CREW OPERATIONS MANAGER BILL HUGHES BEGAN HIS NEW DUTIES. AFTER A 31-YEAR CAREER WITH MORE THAN 12 OF THEM DEVOTED TO FLIGHT OPERATIONS, ALLARD WILL RETIRE EFFECTIVE AUG. 1. FRIDAY, JULY 9 MARKED HIS LAST WORKING DAY AS A MANAGER ON THE CREW DESK. COLLEAGUES CELEBRATED WITH CAKE, GIFTS AND GOOD WISHES. HUGHES, WHO HOLDS A BUSINESS DEGREE AND BEGAN WITH UNITED IN 1987, BRINGS 11 YEARS OF SCHEDULING EXPERIENCE WITH HIM TO THE MANAGER POSITION. HUGHES HAS WORKED AS A FLIGHT DATA COORDINATOR, A CREW SCHEDULER, A LINEBUILDER AND A SUPERVISOR OF FLIGHT CREW SCHEDULING. DISPATCH WELCOMES NEW HIRES --------------------------- THE CLASS OF SEVEN NEW-HIRE FLIGHT DISPATCHERS HIRED AS THE FIRST CLASS OF 1999 RECENTLY COMPLETED ITS FIVE-MONTH INITIAL INDOCTRINATION TRAINING. ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS BRING AVIATION DISPATCH OR OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE TO THEIR NEW POSITIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO: GARY ALTMAN, PHIL BROOKS, MATT BUTLER, GREG CHRISTOPHER, GENE KIM, JOEL KOWALSKI, LISA NOWAK AND STACY TYLINSKI. PILOTS SHOULD START SEEING THE NEW DISPATCHERS' NAMES ON RELEASES IMMEDIATELY. FLIGHT DISPATCH BEGAN A SECOND CLASS OF 10 NEW HIRES IN MAY. OSHKOSH FLY-IN: JULY 28-AUG. 3 ----------------------------- THE 47TH ANNUAL EAA "OSHKOSH" FLY-IN CONVENTION -- NOW KNOWN AS THE EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH -- TAKES PLACE JULY 28 THROUGH AUG. 3, 1999, AT THE WITTMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT IN OSHKOSH. THE FLY-IN DRAWS MORE THAN 800,000 PEOPLE AND 11,000 AIRPLANES ANNUALLY FROM AROUND THE WORLD. MEET YOUR FRIENDS FOR COFFEE AT 8 A.M. AT THE EAA AIRLINE HEADQUARTERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL (920) 426-4800 OR VISIT EAA'S WEB SITE AT WWW.AIRVENTURE.ORG. WELCOME ABOARD -------------- TWENTY-THREE NEW-HIRE PILOTS BEGAN TRAINING AT THE FLIGHT CENTER THIS WEEK, BRINGING THE 1999 NEW-HIRE TOTAL TO 388. THEIR ASSIGNMENTS ARE: 16 B727 S/O 10 TO JFK, 2 TO ORD, 4 TO SFO 4 B300 F/O 5 TO SFO 3 B737 F/O 3 TO ORD SAFETY ISSUES ------------- THERE WERE NO FLIGHT SAFETY INQUIRIES THIS WEEK. ************************************************************ FLIGHT OPERATIONS COMMUNICATIONS, WHQVF 847/700-7288 CURRENT AND PAST ISSUES OF "FLIGHT OPS FLYER" ARE AVAILABLE ON FLITE SITE, THE FLIGHT OPS PAGES IN SKYNET, UNITED'S INTRANET, AND IN THE UAL SECTION OF COMPUSERVE UNDER "PILOT INFORMATION." EMPLOYEES MAY ACCESS SKYNET VIA THE INTERNET AT HTTP://UNITED.INTRANET.UAL.COM ************************************************************