Originally Posted by
APC225
IOW, there's no magic in widebodies. It's about pay mostly and the whisker diagram is simply showing people bidding to a larger W2.
Don't forget the chart from UAL's presentation yesterday that showed average days off for line holders at UAL:
747 - 19.3
320 - 16.6
Over the course of a year that's 32 more days off for the jumbo pilot.
In the case of average monthly time away from base (hours):
747 - 177
320 - 228
There's more that makes the wide body attractive than the W2.
Considering the seniority range of 777 FOs at CAL for the latest system bid I'd suspect its a similar situation at CAL, no?