I'll probably get roasted for this, but most of the folks I hear complaining about the 737 never even flew it, or at least not in its current iteration. The guppy is just fine, it does the job a vast majority of the time and it isn't that uncomfortable. Is it an Airbus? No way, but it's not like you're on a slave ship. This coming from a guy who's done 7 hour legs on it and is 6'4. I'll be more than happy to fly it again some day in the other seat.

You're spot on about the variety of flying on it. Especially out of EWR.

I'll take that bet. ;)

I think you would be hard pressed to find a current United pilot that has never flown a Guppy.......outside post merger hires.

You're right, however I've had this conversation so many times with captains who just hate el guppy. So my question is always the same. Have you flown it? Have you flown the NG? On several occasions they haven't touched it. On most they haven't flown it since the thunder guppy. I'm in a LUAL base flying the 756, so it's probably a small bubble, but just reporting my experience and opinion. Neither if which is worth much.

I'm a Guppy CA. It's a POS. Most people who think it's ok have never flown a capable A/C with modern systems.

You know what they say about opinions... My bad on de-railing the thread!

I think they say "Pull my gear" :p

To each their own. Glad you didn't find it too bad. I'm on it because it works for me atm.

I don't hear too much about Chicago in this thread. Is ORD pretty senior? How long would it take to get there?

I was hired in Sept '15 and was initially assigned DCA 737. There was a vacancy bid during second week of training and I was able to get into ORD. Only ended up actually flying 1 month in DCA. I was able to hold a line at around the 6-8 month mark from DOH in ORD. Classmates that took the A320 waited longer but only by a couple of months. They were on reserve longer too.... A little over 1.5 years in I sit at about 75% in ORD and would be between 50-60% on the coasts.

Is the 737 the most junior aircraft at ORD? If so, what is the disparity between the most junior 737 slot and most junior A320 slot? Thanks.