Originally Posted by
APC225
Why always about size--bigger planes, bigger airline? You know that has zero difference in career expectations? If a 30 year old pilot at one airline is furloughed for 5 years, flies narrow FO for 10, narrow CA for 10, then wide FO and CA for the last 10, while pilot at the other airline is a narrow CA at year five and remains there until 65, who do you think at more career earnings--I.e, expectations?
Or, how about an airline that has approximately the same number of widebody FOs and narrowbody CAs because each widebody pushes back with 3 or 4 FOs? How does the QOL (i.e. "expectations") compare between working 14-18 days a month or 9-14 days a month at a pay rate within dollars of each other?
More than one way to skin the cat.....