Originally Posted by Ottopilot

The trips on only bad depending on what kind of trips and/or overnights you like. 16 hour legs give you great productivity and days off. Mumbi and Delhi are not great overnights, but most overnights are great like PEK or NRT.

The plane is great. Electronic checklists, electronic flight bags, CPDLC/ADS, the plane trims when you add flaps or lose an engine. It's fly-by-wire, so you only get the artificial feel in the cockpit, but that's fine. The systems management is great compared to older Boeings. I've flown the 737's, 757's, and 767's. The 777 is highly automated when it comes to systems. You don't do much. For example: an engine start problem. You don't do anything, if you're in autostart, which is the norm. The plane will shut it down or attempt restarts as needed. If you get a message on the EICAS, hit the checklist button and there's your checklist.

My complaint is lack of "flying" and landing. I'd rather do more legs in the crappy 737 and fly/land the plane more. Not SWA 737 flying, but 1-2 legs a day is fine. I'm a pilot and I like to fly at least some.