Originally Posted by
ThumbsUp
If your ultimate goal is west coast, then it really doesn't matter what equipment you get. You will have the option within a year to bid to the west coast when your lease is up barring another black swan event in that equipment. You'll be much happier commuting though, if you have the option of selecting a NB. Also, from a NB, you will be able to bid anything (other than the other NB) on the west coast. Even EWR 756 is over a year on reserve.
Can someone hold EWR 787 or 777 as a new hire? And how long would they sit on reserve? And I’ll assume that upgrading to CA would take a long time