756 for new hires
#191
Even for military types (especially single pilot background) the time sitting bunkie is a great low-key entry into the long haul world.
If I was forced into SFO I’d definitely recommend 737 though.
#192
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Guys are holding lines on the 73 and Bus less than 6 months from starting so after 2 years, you would be top half if not more senior at EWR and SFO I’d say. Last time I checked I was 61% in SFO at the 9 month point.
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When you say in 2yrs you would be top half you mean 737/320 correct? The question remains: if wanting to hold a line ASAP and having been assigned the 756 as newhire, what is the fastest path (any combinations of domicile or equipment)?
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SFO and LAX are your more junior 756 domiciles if you are assigned the 756. I’d have to look closer but I think SFO still gets a line sooner than LAX.
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Every base and every month is different and the G line moves differently per base (80% might be a lineholder in LAX but not in DEN) but in general SFO will get a line sooner than LAX. As a data point I was 70% in LA for the 756 and 67% in SFO after 8 months with the company. Those senorities ought to be solid lineholders. So if you get the 756 and can live with the commute or live on the west coast, you should be a line holder in a few months. If you can’t make the west coast work the other bases don’t have as much movement and you might be reserve much longer and by the time you get off rsv, your seat lock might be up and would be a solid (close to 50%) narrow body line holder.
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BL: as a 756 new hire, SFO/LAX is fastest way to a line.
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Junior 777 Captain about 3,200.
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Also to add my friends in EWR with similar seniority on the 756 fleet with 4 years on property are around 67%. I am 37% in SFO, LAX I’d be 43%. So that gives another data point for 757 seniority progression in 3 different bases.
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