Originally Posted by
nene
It would seem that this is the biggest pilot negative of having a giant one typy fleet. It allows for the normalization of Captain positions. Having multiple types in multiple parts of the country lends to the kinds of inefficiencies that can mean a company with 14000 plots has 3yr upgrades.
In addition, additional fleet types means that if you like the junior fleet, you can enjoy high relative seniority in that seat. It took me almost six years to hit 50% seniority in a junior base which means a can barely hold weekday crappy east coast flying. My equal at United, ignoring the fact they could hold Captain, has much higher seniority in his seat and can hold all sorts of sweet island and HI flying.
I cringe whenever I hear someone hear say “well I don’t work at United because I don’t want to do long haul.” United doesn’t force you to fly the 777…they’ve ordered just as many MAXs as us and you can have a whole career there flying the thing if you like it.