Originally Posted by
AerChungus
Went on widget seniority to see how long it would take me to hold the junior widebody CA slot at Delta as a new hire: for the A330 out of JFK it was 31 years. ... that's a long time to be waiting for the opportunity to trade your Christmases and Thanksgivings for widebody captain pay
Not really
Assume widebody captain is 10% of an airline's positions. If you hold it for 10% of a 35 year career ... that would be a 31 year wait.
Guys who can hold wbca for 1/3 of their career got lucky. That's not a steady state option for everyone.