Originally Posted by
Cozmo
does the airbus or the 737 have a quicker time to hold a line? Whats so bad about the 73?
This question has been discussed many times before so it is possible to search the forum and find answers, but I will add another 2 cents anyways.
First I need to point out that I'm a EWR 320 Captain so I'm biased. I completed captain training in April of this year. My stick partner was a February hire. She is holding a 79 hour line with 16 days off and has layovers in Mexico City and Las Vegas. The new hires from her class that chose EWR '73 are still on reserve.
Now having said that I will add that these types of movements are highly fluid and change month to month depending on retirements and deliveries. The most important question is where do you plan on living longterm as that defines a lot of parameters not the least of which is the question of whether or not you think you might be commuting for your whole career and if so from where.