Originally Posted by
krentzie
So when I was growing up I knew a pilot for AA and as I have always been so interested in flying he used to tell me a ton. I remembered him telling me how they would start on small planes and work there ways up to the big guns. His goal was always to make the 757 which he did.
So it got me thinking. Are CO 737 pilots trying to advance further normally in there careers beyond that aircraft; to the 757 or even the 767 or 777.
Would on average a 757 pilot for CO have more experience vs somehow who flys the CO 737?
I know its a weird question but just got me thinking and figured if there was an answer someone on here would know it.
I don't know too much about whether they want to advance by flying bigger planes. They probably want to fly bigger planes because it gives them better schedules, but other than that I don't know.
But I do know one counter-intuitive anomaly. Apparently, the 757s and 767s are so similar in controls or whatever, that if you're qualified to fly one, you're qualified for the other. So every 757 captain and first officer that flys a 757 one day could be piloting a 767 the next. And the first officer could well be more experienced than the captain, but because of seniority rules with the particular airline, be lower on the totem pole.