Boeing 737 Pilot more likely to get on 787 than a320 Pilot?
 

Out of curiosity.

How does one get on a 777 or 787?
A 320 Pilot will get CCQ on the 330 maybe.
Because he is a widebody Pilot, can he maybe be given an opportunity to fly a 787?
Will a 737 Pilot have more chances of getting on the 787?
I believe in both cases a TR is required, and the 737 in no way operates like the 787 which is fly-by-wire.
Will he be given a better chance to fly it because he is a "boeing" guy?

Just looking for some input on this.

Thanks guys!

As many different answers as there are Airlines!

In a Unionized, Legacy type carrier, it all comes down to Seniority.

In others, it comes down to minimizing training costs.

OK465,

AGE: 67 :ugh:

Nothing finalized yet, but most probably we will see at least initially only 737 pilots on the 787 while the A320 pilots can get on the A330. Both fleets are planned to be flown in mixed fleet flying, the airbus fleet already does that and the authority just granted the approval to fly 737 and 787 after an 8 day CCQ in mixed fleet flying as well. Who gets on it will be decided by seniority.

For a specific airline there are several answers here, if you are asking in terms of knowledge base, people cross train between Airbus and Boeing all the time, that is why they call it "Initial training"

And what exactly does age have to do with anything?

I did not know there was a 737 CCQ 787 in 8 days.
I had the idea it was a full TR.
My mistake..

Thanks for the responses all.

Don't think anybody has done it yet. Approval doesn't mean that airlines use it. There is for example an approval for CCQ from 737 to 757 or 767 (not both) in just three sim sessions and self study CBT. I don't know of any airline that uses that though.

flighttimer,

AGE: 24:=

Man if flying the 787 is your goal it is none different than any other goal. A little luck and it will happen and luck is nothing more than where preparedness and opportunity meet. One day in the sooner than later future you will be flying that 787 complaining about all the technology you need to keep up with to fly the next generation of aircraft.