Originally Posted by
Boulderian
If you are local to EWR I would recommend the 76T. I would only suggest the 737 if you intent to eventually go West.
there are 100 vacancies on each the 737 & 76T. 100 people below you in the 76T will get you a good line in EWR. 100 people below you in the 737 will still keep you on reserve (I speak from experience.)
And the majority of the reserve pilot flying in the 737 in EWR is actually out of LGA. If the line holders get a LGA trip they quickly trade into a EWR trip or drop it.
I need to correct this. The bid had almost fifty people bid the 76T and only two or three bid the 737. You will end up with more new hires behind you in the 737. Also if you start in the 737 you can jump to anything other than the A320 as soon as you want. You have two year lock if you bid the 76T before you can bid anything but the 756 and 777.