It's bigger; what else?

[flapsforty]

EggSplat you due back this side of the world again soon to remind the Uk Ozzies of what life is really all about?

Mate, it's not the 'why' of the move so much as the 'what' that we wonder about. The 'why and why not' gets discussed incessantly when we're downroute. Despite the fact that is as you say, the natural order os things to move up to 'bigger' it entails a surprising amount of deliberations and heartache for these guys & gals to leave the 737operation.
737 being small, hectic, cosy, vibrant, 'young', tough and 'cool' as opposed to the 744 being percieved as 'staid', 2 landings a month only, endless boring night stretches, very rule-bound and the crews a bit too large for camaraderie.

What I am trying to find out is how different it will be for them to boss a 744 around the globe as oppposed to a 737 around Europe/ME.
... due the size of my homeland, there's only one base.