WhisperJet

If you ever want to fly the 737 fly it now. Once you go to the Airbus you won't want to touch a 737 ever.

DoubleDoink

I average just under 2 legs a day on the A320 SFO over a typical month. 4 legs seldom happens and if they do it's usually with a DH somewhere in it. 3 legs happen about once in a trip, 2 legs is the norm and one leg days are not uncommon.

Layover cities don't matter to me. The biggest gripe is short layovers and long sits at domiciles.

But comfort is the key and I'd retire before flying the 737...

Whiskeyjet1

Most of what you’ve heard is correct. I would still take

GunReadyLight

Just my humble opinion, which isn't worth much! ... I've been in the right seat of the Bus and 756 for a few years each, and now left seat of the Guppy. I'll say that I miss the Bus for a total of about 5 minutes each work day, and that 5 minutes is the times I'm getting a running start to ram my bag into that man-satchel-sized bag holder, yanking it out, or climbing into the seat. Once I'm actually in the seat, it's just another jet. Maybe add a minute or two in there if we hit some moderate and I spill my egg frittata on my shirt, with no tray table underneath to catch the frag. Other than that, I don't miss it...and the Max's fly reeeal nice. The flying/layovers are great, but trip mixes come and go. The real advantage is the massive size of the categories for schedule flexibility. Again, just my .002 pesos. Cheers!

Brickfire

It’s not.

it isnt likely to change meaningfully within a new hire bid lock.

737 is the growth fleet
Bus flies more regional routes but there is overlap

Class to class variation also means relatively few new hires get a choice in the matter

flynd94

That must be nice. Airbus CA on reserve. My last 4 day trip was 3,3,1,2. The 1 leg was a red eye.

My trip that starts tomorrow is a 4 day is 2,3,2,3. Looking at most 4 days look like that for reserve pilots

ThumbsUp

Yet another reason to never voluntarily be on reserve…

PK387

Everybody knocks it, but if you live in base and know what you’re doing (and you’re in the right seat), it doesn’t have to be all that bad. I’m almost done with reserve for the month… I’ve been to work once, blocked 7 hours, and will be making at least 77 hours of pay.

ThumbsUp

I think that's highly dependent on your BES. EWR, fuhgeddaboudit. The flip side is, though, because it's such a calamity, you can credit 10 hours+ per day and work very little if you want to.

PK387

Agreed 100%