Statement like this kill me especially when it is a thread where someone is hoping to join the airline.

You make it sound like there is no way in "H" you'd fly 777 reserve, 16 hour legs, Tel Aviv, and Delhi. But I'd bet the day you were offered the job and if they said that is what you'd be holding you would have kissed the interviewers A$$ for the chance to do it.

So where do I sign up ??? :D After the sh**ty companies and sh**ty aircraft I have been on, 777 is like a wet dream.

My point is that I'm a pilot and I fly airplanes. IRO's are baby sitters. I don't do IRO. 756 is the most desired aircraft. Best flying in the company. Nice planes and nice destinations. 756 IRO being the exception to that.

That was before PBS, now there are few reserve positions.

I'm a pilot, therefore I fly airplanes. IRO don't fly. IRO is third-in-command (even when the CA is sleeping in the back). He spends 1/3 of the flight in the back, 1/3 in the left seat, and 1/3 in the right seat. The takeoff and landing, they are in the jumpseat. It's not about building time, its about being a pilot or baby sitter.

Sure, but I have better know, so why would I want it? My whole class was 737 and I'm glad I got to fly it. I want to fly everything as some point, but for now I'll take the 756- I like it here.

My point in my original post is obvious. The new hires will get the 777 because it is JUNIOR, because senior pilots avoid it (at least avoid the bottom of the 777 FO seniority list). New hires will love it, but I'd prefer to fly a plane as a new hire. I'd pick the 737 as a new hire, so I can fly. I'd hate to go to Houston every few months for a 777 re-qual.

The 756 has been going junior in almost all the classes because new hires on the 737 are forecasted be off reserve considerably quicker. In Newark the 73 guys that are in training now won't sit on reserve much longer than 2 months. The Houston guys will be between 2 and 4. The 756 spots are all Newark from what I've seen and are forecasted to be on reserve for near a year.

Otto is right, besides the lifestyle on reserve, the 756 in Newark is generally considered the best flying CAL does.

You know what, after reading Otto's posts I'd rather not go to CAL. I will stay were I am thank you, at least at my company we dont put each other down for the positions we are put in.

I don't think Otto was putting CAL down at all. In previous posts he is always positive about the company. Yes, most people would take the 777 for CAL in a heartbeat, but once onboard (like Otto) it is the most undesirable junior A/C.

Are you guys bitter towards him because you wish you were in his shoes?