Originally Posted by m3113n1a1

It's usually a specific type who wears them.. Kinda like how it's a specific type who wears the military ones.

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Originally Posted by Nantonaku

The whole point of this conversation is how you can use your seniority in your current seat with vacation bidding to better you future schedule when you are junior. I’m not sure what point you are trying to make. There are lots of new people around and someone made a comment about taking multiple holiday vacations.

Originally Posted by m3113n1a1

It's usually a specific type who wears them.. Kinda like how it's a specific type who wears the military ones.

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Originally Posted by Maddoggin

Pretty much my experience. I bid to 330 back in 2017 and was in the bottom 10 guys for for a couple years. Saw what I liked and what I didn’t like. Got sick of no control of everything. Especially irritated flying 60-70 hours on reserve and the top half reserve guys not flying a trip. Never moved up and actually went backwards as people bid in. Also got sick of going to LOS every week and deep SA. Some guys liked it but it wasn’t what I wanted to do. Swapped to 7ER and got way more Europe flying and actually made more money using my seniority despite the hourly pay difference. Figured I could bid back once I had some seniority cushion. Now top 10 percent on 7ER and life is pretty good.

Originally Posted by zippinbye

That's interesting. I didn't realize there was one iota of mockery for 350 lanyards. I wore when because my APD gave me one. It was the most challenging IQ I ever dealt with, so I don't mind considering it an insignia of accomplishment., and a placeholder for the next PWA unrest lanyard. Do you really think a pilot wearing said lanyard is gloating or somehow considers themselves superior to others? Perhaps an individual exuded that attitude at some point and it left a lasting impression, but I find your eye roll comment to be odd. It's just another jet and I don't see how it could be construed as weird for a pilot to wear the associated lanyard once they've gone through the program. Your comment seems to come from a similar camp to the general Airbus dislike crowd ... I have met exactly one pilot who flew a FBW Bus and disliked it, mainly because the throttles don't move (not throttles dude, thrust levers) and the side-sticks are not tied together. Okay, fine - at least he had insight to his opinion, although a lone-wolf attitude about it. The 350 might not be for you if a lanyard triggers a bodily response, especially if you're senior to me

Originally Posted by dickie36303

Well you're not bottom 10 on the 330 anymore, I reckon.
And the pay disparity has increased since 2017 as well.
The only thing you said that's still true is that life at top 10 percent is pretty good.

Originally Posted by Maddoggin

Very true. Just giving perspective to the question of how life is as a Junior WB spot. Still probably more money in current seat though with GS and LCA bidding. Also not really interested in going back yet. My NBA percentage trigger is getting pretty close so I’ll probably do that before thinking about a WBB slot again.

Originally Posted by dickie36303

You might just be bad at reserve. My plug experience was far different same time frame.

Originally Posted by Jaww

In AE news, SkyHub post said they’ll have sample out midday today. So there’s that.