Originally Posted by
Hedley
Even with no desire to fly heavies, having them on property is a huge boost to our seniority in a NB BES. I hate redeyes and will never do them again at any payrate so I'll stick to the NB fleet. Where I benefit is that there are a large number of extremely senior pilots who see things differently and bid the WB. By having such a large number of WB aircraft, there is also a large number of people who are senior to me that don't compete for the same trips. As the 767's are replaced with higher paying 787's, that number will grow. Single fleet airlines don't have that advantage.
THIS^^^^
You aren't competing for trip seniority with a huge proportion of the pilots and you are benefitting not just from the expansion of NB flying but are benefitting from the retirement of ~450- 650 pilots per year for the next decade, more than double the WN retirements.
Being on an NB aircraft in a mixed fleet is sort of like being on the junior base in a single fleet airline. Your seniority growth is just plain quicker.