Originally Posted by
CardboardCutout
I'm about 75% SDF 74 F/O, and the flying is surprisingly gentlemanly even at relatively poor seniority. Lot of ANC refugee commuters, so if you're local and don't mind RSV or VTOs with domestic turns on them, you can do pretty well. Z would no doubt be slightly better in that regard due to slightly improved seniority, but big training event plus losing that wonderful galley! Also I hear they sometimes fly more than two legs on that slaveship...
“airplanes”, note: 74 and Z intl are 2 different animals. 74 is mostly long haul stuff. 76/5 is hub flying at night in Europe or Asia (afternoon-evening US time) with crossings or CMLs getting you into or out of theater. Those trips tend to be longer, 2 week type deals whereas the whale has a lot more 6, 8, 10 day trips. Not so many around the world trips or laps around the pacific like the whale has either (if any). However, lots more CMLs on Z than SDF 74 and lots more destinations too. Hawaii goes pretty senior (Z) and there’s not much of it whereas SDF 74 had a lot of trips that went SDF HNL then SYD or Asia. Re: training, consider what you’ll likely upgrade on. Way better to have time in R seat than upgrade onto a new fleet. It’s a tough decision regardless. Good luck.