Time to wide body aircraft
06-12-2018, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Cbspeirs
Approximately how long after starting with a Major airline does it take to gain the seniority to fly a widebody aircraft? FO vs CA?
06-13-2018, 05:51 AM
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For legacy pax airlines, it was traditionally about ten years for FO, several decades for CA.
Today you can get FO in a few years, maybe even as a new-hire if lucky in the class drops.
CA is hard to say, the current retirements will move things along a bit but I think you're still looking at 15-20 years at a minimum, even if you hit it just right.
I would only worry about wide-body vs. narrow-body if you can get to a legacy by your mid-thirties.
Today you can get FO in a few years, maybe even as a new-hire if lucky in the class drops.
CA is hard to say, the current retirements will move things along a bit but I think you're still looking at 15-20 years at a minimum, even if you hit it just right.
I would only worry about wide-body vs. narrow-body if you can get to a legacy by your mid-thirties.
06-13-2018, 06:31 AM
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Using current junior CA awards at AA and future retirements -
767 CA - 2030
330/777/787 CA - 2032
Hopefully someone double checks that because it seems too fast.
2022/2023 for junior w/b FO.
767 CA - 2030
330/777/787 CA - 2032
Hopefully someone double checks that because it seems too fast.
2022/2023 for junior w/b FO.
Last edited by Sliceback; 06-13-2018 at 06:32 AM. Reason: Added’2022/2023...”
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