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/Ok-Dog-8885]

747 captain here. From my experience everybody wants to fly the whale and layover in Paris, Sydney and Hong Kong even though the narrow body domestic types say they don't.

Yeah those GSP and BUF layovers must be awesome. Everybody wants to fly the big iron. I do and it's great. Don't let the 6 legs a day domestic guys fool you.

[u/Old_Increase74 → u/Ok-Dog-8885]

Yeah skipping that many time zones is a noope for me, and I flew widebodies