Originally Posted by
BrazilBusDriver
Preface: this isn’t a swipe at CRJ. He and I were at Atlas together and I know he has 737 time. More a commentary on the cult of Airbus at AA.
But hey, now we’re talking about the real quality of life issues lol. Get home every once in a while to see the wife and kids? Nah, f that and those guys, can’t fly the 73. That’s for Boeing peasants.
I say all this as a guy typed on both and working on the 320 here. Though in my defense as an unrepentant seniority wh*re (since seniority *is* QOL at AA), I'm in the one base where the 320 is - AFAIK - junior, and I’d fly a clapped out DC-3 or a 414 if it paid $217 an hour+ and got me the schedule I want.
It’s a job - nothing more, nothing less. The particular office? Nearly meaningless. And this job is far better and far more lucrative than many of the alternatives.
Agreed brother. A job is a job, and if the process was more straight forward, I’d bid 737. But waiting for a vacancy, plus getting withheld for 12 months….it takes forever. And at that point, either upgrade or WB is here.
Seniority difference is crazy, but also the trip quality. WHY? That I don’t know. But 737 trips are way way better. XLR may change that I guess.