Originally Posted by
LAX Pilot
The CAL team nerfed this idea because they said their pilot group didn't like the wide body flying. They called it being "trapped in Europe away from home". They tried to paint a picture of it being a negative. Despite the unexplainable fact that you have to have been in the top 15% of the CAL seniority list to hold 777 Captain. I guess those guys are sacrificing themselves for the group. Of course when UAL proposed a 747 fence for 5 years the attorney for CAL "flipped".
They said flying the 737 was more desirable because you could do "turns".
But you are correct, all CAL pilots GAIN time as widebody Captains no matter how the list is out together because there are 3x more of them now. But don't worry because they won't be bidding them not wanting to be "trapped in Europe" or "trapped in Sydney".
I would not want to be constantly working to and fro those Godless countries either. Long, boring flights, often back side of clock, just a few landings a month. Have you seen what these guys look like? Grandpa and Grandma, with Santa Claus guts. If I get sick on the road or have a family emergency to deal with, I just walk over to the American Airlines counter and go home. It's that easy. If I want to visit these places, it will be on my time, in a 1st class seat, with people I want to be with. And I won't take 10 yrs. off my life doing it. You can have it. I'd rather just fly around the U.S.A., God's Country.