Originally Posted by
Winston
I can't understand why anyone would want to fly the 757 out of SFO: essentially pays the same as the 737, but goes to about 7 destinations instead of 50. You'd be on reserve after two years vs. weekends off lineholder mainly flying Hawaii trips, should you so desire (same for the Bus, minus Hawaii). Better airplane, to be sure, but who cares? It's all about pay and quality of life at this point.
777 or 787: currently running about 2-3 years to hold the seat, several years after for a line. Could be better going forward, could be worse.
FWIW it pays the same 1st yr as the 737 and 777, and not everyone has a choice of aircraft. Currently SFO 756 lines have bounced from maybe 1.5 to something under 2.5 years, and it's definitely more senior elsewhere. Agree that the pros are mostly outweighed by the cons and variety lacks compared to EWR, but some positives too - most flying days are 1 leg, some occasional - ok, very rare - repo work to HKG or GUM or covering Europe w/ a stop in EWR, or elsewhere but those don't normally make it to a RSV. If you really want to sit RSV the blended rate after yr 1 is definitely helped by the 764 and you can have short calls to your heart's content. Overall it's not ideal in every way but a great aircraft(s) and engine(s)... i.e. RR, Pratt, GE lol.