Originally Posted by
APC225
Yet if I "peak" at narrowbody captain at 40 I'll get more than if I peak at widebody captain at 64. For some, that's better career expectations.
This is not a good analogy. UAL pilots aren't going to be narrow body FOs until age 64 then spend a year as a widebody Captain. We are going to spend far more time in all better statuses and categories because we brought more to the table.
It would not be unusual for a UAL pilot to spend 10 years as a widebody Captain (and no a 757 Captain who might fly a 767 is not a widebody Captain). With 72 of those aircraft, it is likely.
The last CAL system bid showed that the 22 777 aircraft generated 188 total Captain jobs.
So you can flip the scenario above where it is more likely a CAL pilot to barely fly the 777 as a Captain.
Actually most furloughees will spend at least 5 years as a 777 or 747 Captain given the status quo. Currently ALL the 747-400 Captains hired before the strike were furloughed at one time