Originally Posted by
Globemaster2827
Currently there are less 767 new hire spots than 757 spots because of the pay difference. Despite that it's the same type. So if you get stuck on the 757 it's important to bid over to another airplane ASAP to get more pay ($30-$40k a year). If you go to the 767 it's only a differences course. The first event to clearing OE is probably 2 weeks vs getting a new type that will take you longer to get a slot for and then longer to complete (3 months). So if they hire 200 757 pilots in a year probably 100 of those go to the 767 next.
Because of all this 757 pilots who are senior to new hires bid over to the right seat of the 767 and have more seniority. More than half of those added for the first year to year and a half will be senior to you in the right seat of the 767. Because of that it'll take you longer to control your schedule.
On the 757.... There's so much movement that you can be in the top 30% on the first system bid. You'll add 15-20 people underneath you every month.
While it is true that the pay rate is higher for a 767 pilot than a 757 pilot, it doesn't meant that you can make more on the 767 working the same number of days as you would in the 757.
On second year pay, if all you can hold is reserve in the 767, you will make less per day than you would on the 757 holding a decent seniority line. For example, let's say RLG for the 767 was 70 hours. You would make $841 per day on the 767 for 15 days. If you held a line on the 757 that worked 12 day for the same 70 hours, you would make $851 per day. Just something to consider.