Originally Posted by tailwheel48

The 767-400 has way more in common with the 747/777 grouping than the 757 grouping.

The 767-400 MGTW is 450,000 pounds, just 90,000 pounds lighter than UAL's 777's. The cockpit is almost identical to the 777. The 767-400 is only 8 feet shorter than the triple!

The CAL 777's weigh 110,000 pounds more than the UAL models. In other words, the differences in weight is greater than that between UAL's 777's and CAL 767-400's.

In my view it is more likely that the combined airline, in the future, will more likely operate larger variants of the 777 - the 300 and/or LR's which weigh in around 766,000 pounds (110,000 pounds more than CAL's 777's and 220,000 pounds heavier than UAL's 777's!) - than the 747-400 whose service life is approaching it's last few years.

By all means, if at some point the company orders a super widebody (747-800/A380) then negotiate a new rate!

Conveniently neglected in these discussions are the 25 787's CAL has on firm order, which would have started arriving on property already if Boeing hadn't dropped the ball!

It would seem to me that it would be benefit far more pilots to have the 747/777/787/767-400 banded together at the widebody scale than just a few 747's!