Alaska seniority?

[Jeepman]

So what is the most senior & junior Alaska base? How long would it take to get to where you want to be based, like SEA???

 

[mach none]

ANC has been the toughest base to get to in the past. Only because there was no movement up north. The guys all lived up there and there was little growth or movement. That is changing with the -400/NG base. There is movement and some growth. ANC will be the senior and the junior base. You either love it up there and want to live there or you get it as a new hire and get out ASAP.

The SEA MD will be the junior base in SEA. The plane is slowly going away and is treated like a ba$tard step-child. No new cities for the jet and no one wants to be the last man standing on the jet.

LAX/ Co-terminal: Who knows. I think the base will be somewhere in between the two. You will have the SoCal folks and commuters. The wild card will be the co-terminal and how the company attempts to pervert the language. If you go south, get a good car and a good map.

Right now SEA is the toughest base to get. The 737 has not seen growth for a few years and the MD seems to get a small trickle of new hires. Hopefully that will change...but ultimately who knows? The company keeps dangling the -800 order in front of everyone and says they are for growth. Most of us a skeptical. The current order precisely matches the number of MDs and -200s on the property. I hope it is for growth, but I am not planning on it.

 

[fellows]

Does anybody know if Alaska has PBS? Also, what's the QOL if you live in L.A and are based out of L.A.? What are the lines like? Days off?

Thanks for the info.

 

[mach none]

No PBS

 

[hyeflyin]

How many pilots are based out of LAX? Does LAX have any 1 or 2 day trips and how senior do they go. Thanks.

 

[Jeepman]

So, worst case scenario, if I was to get hired (big assumption here) say in Jan on the 73 in LAX how long would it take to get back to SEA, or at least ANC? If I di transfer to ANC would I be domicile locked for awhile?

 

[alaskaplt]

So, worst case scenario, if I was to get hired (big assumption here) say in Jan on the 73 in LAX how long would it take to get back to SEA, or at least ANC? If I di transfer to ANC would I be domicile locked for awhile?

The company told the newhires in one of the last classes that no matter what base they get to start they will be able to hold sea on the Jan bid. So they will be in training until then. Some of the guys who could have held the MD in SEA chose Anc because of this. Only problem here is I think they are full of sh!t. There has been no growth in SEA in a while, and nearly no one is leaving for other bases. We are losing 2 more MD's in 06, rumor is it may actually be 4. You can do the math on that, it doesn't help. When they closed LAX md base a couple years ago it displaced a lot of people. Quite a few sea 737 guys bid md (bumped to md) to stay in SEA. A lot are waiting to go back. I think there is a better chance that if there is a bid in Jan (believe it when I see it) there is a better chance of some SEA guys be bumped off the bottom of the MD to lax or anc than any of the people currently in training to hold sea. They also told the newhires they can expect to upgrade in 4 - 5 years. they are just giving them a load of crap to keep them somewhat happy during that first year when they are on foodstamps.

 

[Singlecoil]

They also told the newhires they can expect to upgrade in 4 - 5 years.

What a load of crap that is!. It is going to be 10 years for me, probably 8 for new hires.

 

[AKMD80GUY]

I was told that 5 years ago when I got hired and I'm no closer now than I was then. I stay on the 80 because I would still be crew scheds. biyatch on reserve. I guess I still have another 4 years before I can sniff the left seat. I commute so it will be alot longer.

 

[whymeworry?]

They also told the newhires they can expect to upgrade in 4 - 5 years. they are just giving them a load of crap to keep them somewhat happy during that first year when they are on foodstamps.

They seem to do this at every airline.

So what is first year pay at Alaska?
What about second year? When does it ramp up?

just curious