Originally Posted by
spleener
Have to agree with Jonathan.
Was the same B747 vs L1011 in the eighties, then in the 90's the -400 got the best rosters. 'bus was okay into the noughties while the 340's were flying, the B777 ate sh*t. How time changes!
I've flown them all, some good rosters, some bad. Like Jonathan said; get some time in - no instant gratification here.
There are two types that agree with Jonathan, those who have their heads burried in the sand, or those who know they're riding the gravy train and don't want it to end.
The 330 has been around as long as the 777, so what do you think the 330 was doing back in the 777 regional days. Yes exactly, it was flying the same regional roster as the 777, but nobody complained because the rosters were manageable and sustainable.
But for you 777 guys to say that the old 777 roster is the same as the current Airbus roster is insulting and offensive. This current Airbus roster is NOT manageable and NOT sustainable with the constant roster abuses, the constant patterns through wocl, the constant late finishes, early starts. The sickness rate is the highest it's ever been on any fleet, that alone should tell you morons something. There are plenty of very very senior Captains that had their names on the 777 list but were constantly bumped by a completely junior crew doing a command upgrade and so have been stuck. Whereas most on the old 777 roster flew the 777 for a few years before moving on to the jumbo in seniority.
As somoneone pointed out, why not compare an old 777 regional roster to a current airbus roster and run both through a fatigue monitoring program. It's easy to put this argument to bed, but I suspect nobody will because why let the facts get in the way of a false 777 belief.