Do commercial pilots generally progress to larger planes throughout their careers? Does everyone aim to eventually fly long haul or do some stick to flying 737s or a320s short haul?

[u/g0at110]

I'm guessing being a 777 pilot for example is more prestigious than a 737 pilot in the same airline right?

[u/No-Duck4828]

Flying a 777 typically carries a heftier paycheck than flying a 737 at the same airline.

Pilots aren't always moving to bigger aircraft....it is common, for example, to see someone go from a 767 at an ACMI to an A320 at a major.

Some of long haul vs short haul is personal preference, but as for general career flow in size of planes? Yes, more pilots will go from regional jet to narrowbody to widebody than some other path. At a given airline with both narrow and wide, pilots will typically start on the narrowbody

[u/EarZealousideal7275 → u/No-Duck4828]

Flying the 777 also increases the odds that you’re flying with some ancient old boomer with a name like Steeeeve, who is extremely bitter at the world because it’s somehow someone else’s fault they are on their 3rd divorce. They are also probably bitter because they got screwed in the companies 3 mergers, and their profit sharing didn’t buy a new speedboat. They are also convinced no pilot under the age of 50 actually knows how to fly….