Originally Posted by Nucflash

A guppy is a very small fish. The 737 has always been the smallest Boeing-designed airline jet. The -100s and -200s were so short they kind of looked like one, too. Nothing more to it than that.

Originally Posted by blockplus

Should be the goldfish, it grows to fill the tank it’s placed in

Originally Posted by AxlF16

OK...so I wasn't expecting to go from ~20% in BES to displaced, but here we are . I've been following the union and company comms - mostly so I could offer good advice to friends who were being affected by displacements and potential furloughs. Now that I'm in the frying pan I'm having difficulty finding info in all of the old messages/emails. Can someone point me to a nice consolidated source? I've been through the UPA so don't bother with that response lol. I'm interested mostly in things like grandfather rights to return to current BES, ability to bid post displacement (equip vs training freeze), positive space, etc...

Other than that, I'm currently a 320 Cap and I'm deciding between DCA 737 Cap & EWR 787 FO. Other than the pay hit, I don't really care about losing a stripe so ego is not a factor. I probably mojo'd myself by telling my FOs that I'll do an entire UAL career without flying the 737...so I might as well submit to the karma and just go there . I know the schedules and 777 vs 787 'missions' are totally jumbled now, but I'm curious what schedules I could expect as a 20-25% 787 FO? I'll gladly trade the $$ for extra days off. IIRC, Carlson put out something describing how the various fleets will be used in the near-mid term but can't find it.

**I think this is all just 'fire for effect' and an attempt to soften us up for the coming TA. IMO we should call Kirby's bluff and tell him execute with the contract we have. Shrinking an airline is anathema to him - he just wants us to help pay for him to do HIS job. We've done OUR job - safely & professionally delivered outstanding operational performance.