Originally Posted by
conquestdz
Just out of curiosity, why are we all better for it? Without beating the long dead Boeing vs Airbus horse yet again, what makes it better for us, as pilots to have only one fleet? I see it as an obvious cost saver for the company to be single fleet, but I don't see how it helps the pilot group to reduce options.
The only thing I can think of is potential for more trading flexibility - the more pilots on the airplane, the more likely it is to find someone to trade trips with, split trips, modify pairings, etc. So in that sense it would make sense to have 3000 pilots on one airplane instead of 1000 pilots on the Bus and 2000 on the Boeing. At least, that would be the case at an airline with 21st century scheduling rules instead of the contract we currently have that allows scheduling to deny absolutely everything.
Hopefully someone can come along and tell me why this last bit of optimism I have about working here in the future is misguided.