Originally Posted by
tnkrdrvr
Yikes! This implies that wide body FO is the primary attraction to a pax airline with wide body aircraft. That and the relative seniority it confers to guys staying NB. Only being able to hold the left seat WB in the final few years of your career is kind of depressing.
At an individual level, those stars are kinda "the average person has half a penis". There are lots of guys who will NEVER be able to hold WB CA. If you get hired at 42 after 20 years with another large organization ... you may never make it, and you will likely be sitting reserve on weekends if you do. If you get hired at 24 after 2 years with a small organization ... you might luck into it before you hit 50 and spend your 60's taking vacation all summer.