Originally Posted by
pilotboy10
I see all the 737 and 320 logic to get to DEN the fastest. I too live in DEN and will be starting soon. If a NH went 787, how long would it take said person to get to DEN? Ballpark guess is fine base on hire date of the most Jr FO on the 78 in DEN. Thanks.
If you're 60+ and just want to fly WB for your last few years of your career it's not a bad idea. If you younger than that, then it's likely a terrible idea.
To answer your question, if the vacancy bid closed today the most jr DEN78FO would be 13,49x, which is probably 1 year. There's still a chance those folks get bumped though. For comparison, the G Line on 73 is 14,400 on 73's and 14,631 on 320's. Commute to global reserve on a NB that you could get to DEN and hold a line much faster than getting to DEN in a 78? For the same year 1 pay? For no global reserve requirement? And then when you see you are able to get DEN78FO you can just put in a vacancy bid and get there at probably the exact same time? You can do what you want, but that doesn't seem worth it on the first 2 year pay. Wide body flying will still be here in 2 years, just hang tight. When a new contract comes and incentivizes WB FO's to go NB CA you'll see it coming and be equally positioned to take advantage of that movement