Sorry if I'm hijacking your thread.
On similar lines, approximately how long to get the 1000 121 time in either of the 3 if being on reserve is a distinct possibility for 2, maybe 3 years, especially on WB?

If the goal is 1000 121 time fast, go to the fleet where you will get it the fastest. Probably a narrow body fleet at pax carriers.

Yes. Regional FO's are backed up, might take a while to get on line and hold a line.

But narrowbody movement is fast at most majors, so you should get off reserve very quickly. In this climate you should have your 1,000 121 in less than two years, and at the legacies probably be able to hold NB CA at that point also.

While WB upgrade may have gone surprisingly junior recently, I'm not sure that's a reliable trend. But NB CA is quickly achievable and will be for a good while.

Just to clarify... is the 'age factor' based on your actual date of birth or your SSN?
If the latter I would be youngest of the lot as I just got my SSN few months ago... ;-)

SSN's don't wotk that way, I'm pretty sure the first three digits indicate the city or state where got the SSN.

For that reasons airlines which use the SSN for seniority seem to use the last four or five digits, which are random in the grand scheme. At some airlines low is better, at some airlines higher is better. You can ask on the forums which specific airlines do what. And if you're older it could matter a lot... being based where you want for your initial 1-2 year seat lock might be worth choosing one airline over another in this climate.

I can confirm that is correct. Right after high school graduation I worked a summer for Social Security. I remember seeing the list posted on a file folder bin.

Yes, thank you, this question was specifically about United (and a chance of getting a WB position when joining in SFO/EWR base).

A handful of hires have been getting 767-400 and A330 at Delta. Who knows if that will continue but even if you did the initial seat lock on a narrow body you'd be east coast widebody FO in relative no time.