Originally Posted by sailingfun

Delta has been doing it for years also. The difference is however no other airline has the type of operation Delta does on the 757/757-300/767/767er. We have 4 different airframes with at least 10 different sub fleets. We fly the aircraft truly world wide. The only continent we miss is Australia. A new hire may find himself called out to fly a 757 to Bogata on his first trip. His return leg may be in a 757 with a different cockpit setup. The next day he might be flying a 767-300er to Amsterdam and then on to Bombay. One might be a DAL 767 and the next a former Gulfair jet. More differences. Some may have GPS and some not. When he gets back from BOM he might go to Moscow or get a see the Pacific trip to places like Saipan, Guam, Hong Kong ect. Back from that he might get a 8 day trip to Africa.
As I mentioned Delta has had many new hires on the 767. It has worked but that does not mean it's without challenges. There have been issues and the preference would be not to put new hires in that seat but if unbid the seats will get filled. Looks like at the moment 120 nre hires will be trained on the 767er.