Originally Posted by
LAX Pilot
This was a result of bidding freezes. A pilot would get hired as a 727 SO then upgrade to FO within the first year. They would have a 4 year freeze, 2 years for the SO training and 2 years for the FO training.
The reason 747 and 777 went unfilled was because of freezes mostly and not people didn't want to bid them.
I had a chance to bid the 747-400 right out of S/O school.....I ended up going to the 727 F/O seat and took the 4 year freeze. 9/11 caused the freeze to go away and I bumped starting in the 747-400 to the 767, to the A320, and finally the 737 or "guppy".
Flew everything UAL had with the exception in the 777.