Originally Posted by
cadetdrivr
It just depends if the only goal is $$$.
There's an entire cadre of regional pilots waiting in the wings that totally understand seniority. A new-hire 777 FO will be junior forever. Ditto a 4-year CA. That will work for some, but not for others depending upon circumstances.
There's no free lunch on a seniority list and if a new-hire gets 777 the first year it means nearly 13,000 other pilots passed on the opportunity.
Spitballing here, but no one knows when the next downturn will be, are the junior wide body FO’s positioning themselves for a higher pay rate at min guarantee to weather the storm of the next downturn? Hoping for no displacement bids (and just retirements attrition), to just sit there at the bottom on rsv and collect their monthly guarantee. You’d make almost $40k more per year collecting min guarantee as a 777 FO vs a narrow body FO. Could pay off big time getting “stuck” in a 777FO seat vs narrow body FO seat