Originally Posted by
zippinbye
May I ask what approx. DOH hire applies wide body captain (real wide body like 787/777)? Just curious if the vacant NB captain bids correlate in any fashion to juniority on the WB side of the house.
Over here, the lamest wide body trip beats typical domestic. So if you are the recipient of what's handed out to reserves, the QOL is pretty decent once you are out flying. Bottom line is that a junior wide body pilot is not living in misery once flying assignments are made.
I am an Aug 97 hire on the legacy UA side (which is about Jan 2001 hire on the legacy CAL side, ISL fun). I can hold 777 and 787 Cap with about 10 folks junior to me in each seat in SFO. I can hold 777 Cap in EWR with about 10 junior to me, cant hold 787 there. Unfortunately, I am about 1800 away from holding 787 Cap in ORD (where I live), so that will be awhile. Hopefully the 787 delivery nightmare gets resolved soon and the movement on that fleet can resume to cover both growth and retirements rather than just retirements.
Currently I am a 756 Cap sitting at about 60% base seniority among the ORD 756 Captains.