Originally Posted by
KnightNight
Denver is crazy senior on 787, a base trade could help but I wouldn’t gamble that. Best bet is bid 737/320 then bid 787 in Denver when you can. Another route is bid 787 , hope for base trade and after a year bid 787 instructor, but wouldn’t recommend that over route 1. The plane will always be there.
No need to be on the 787 fleet to apply (not bid) to be an instructor. Very common for people wanting to work at TK to apply to every single opening on every fleet. If another fleet likes you, they will get you trained and consolidated before starting the instructor syllabus.