Originally Posted by
Kebert Xela
All excellent points, big reason why I’m thinking of passing on an interview at FDX and stay where I am!
As a side note here’s a somewhat outdated chart of the legacy fleets. If it holds somewhat true I was surprised that AA has nearly as many if not more w/b’s than UA. Of course group 5 aircraft are retired (747s) so I’m not sure of the number of other retirements since this was published. Just thought it was interesting.
I think what’s more important is the percentage of the fleet that’s widebody. AA also has many more total airframes than UAL. United has a much higher percentage of widebody flying vs total flying. You have to be in the top 20% of the seniority list at AA to hold group 4 CA (777,787,330). That seems like it will change though as AA replaces 767s with 787s creating more group 4 jobs.