Originally Posted by
merica1776
Any pros/cons for those fleets. I know people think the bus is more comfortable, but does flying type and seniority make 73 more desirable? Is 756 mostly flying South America?
The 737 is definitely not as comfortable as the bus, but it isn’t as bad as people make it sound. The 737 is obviously the growth fleet considering our orders, and the base is much larger than the bus or 756 so there are more trips to build a line. The flying between the bus and 737 isn’t vastly different. Both do a bunch of routine domestic flying, but the 737 does more Central America and island flying. Nothing global is normal right now since trips use crews/fleets from other bases to cover flying as things change. The 756 is a small base and the flying is mostly deep south on the 767-300. Before covid it had 4 South America trips, 1 or 2 Europe trips, and a small amount of 757 domestic. As a new hire you’d most likely be on reserve much longer than the 320/737 and when you did get a line, it would be bunkie to SA for a long time. I’d say that if you live in base to just pick your poison between the 320 and 737 and wait to see if the 756 is something that you want to do with the seniority of your choosing.