Originally Posted by
Brickfire
The youngest 757 is 19. There are many close-enough replacements. The 756 will be a shrinking category. Shrinking categories don’t lend themselves to seniority progression.
As to when and how (ie what bases) the 756 shrinks… hard to say. Not a this year or next year thing. But id be surprised if anyone hired today sees captain on it… especially not a line.
I have often wondered if the 757s will almost all go way by the end of the decade.