May 20 Alaska Position Bid

[Alaska Flyer]

New Positions:
Seattle B737 Base
Eighteen Captains​

Nine First Officers

Portland B737 Base
Five Captains​

Four First Officers

Reductions:

ANC Base
Five Captains ​

Nine First Officers

LAX Base no change - same number of pilots will be based there as of the November 1 effective date.

 

[flythere]

Looking at the SEA reserve numbers for this weekend, one would think they need more than 9 F/O's in SEA!

 

[igneousy2]

Looking at the SEA reserve numbers for this weekend, one would think they need more than 9 F/O's in SEA!

That's not the number they look at...they look at how many CXs there are and Seattle has a lot of "pseudo reserves"...so no cxs

 

[Fubijaakr]

Rumor has it up to 10 PDX commuter CAs may be bolting.

 

[General Lee]

When will you guys be able to bid Detroit DC9 FO? I can't wait to bid for SEA 737 Capt, to finally see Sitka and Ketchican in the left seat!


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

New Positions:​

Seattle B737 Base
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Eighteen Captains​

Nine First Officers

Portland B737 Base
Five Captains​

Four First Officers

DETROIT
Fifty DC9 First Officers


Reductions:

ANC Base
Five Captains ​

Nine First Officers

LAX Base no change - same number of pilots will be based there as of the November 1 effective date.

See, I knew it. Look above.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Mookie]

Sea doesn't fly SE much anymore. You'll have to earn your arctic eagle pin

Mookie

 

[PHXFLYR]

Whats an actic eagle pin?

PHXFLYR

 

[Fubijaakr]

It's an inside joke.

 

[jonjuan]

Sea doesn't fly SE much anymore. You'll have to earn your arctic eagle pin

Mookie

Sea doesn't fly Single Engine much anymore???

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Sea doesn't fly Single Engine much anymore???

Southeast Alaska. Juneau, etc.

 

[tico]

It's an inside joke.

Not really a joke-just some internal recognition for a hard working little airplane and the people that worked them...back then the anc base consisted of 9 737-200 combi/freighters..it was not uncommon for a third of the airlines revenue to come from that base...the $h1t about the artic eagle comes from two groups-the fng crowd who were hired after the "old girl" flew west and the pilots that tried and never made the cut....there is your un-asked for history lesson

 

[Mookie]

Not really a joke-just some internal recognition for a hard working little airplane and the people that worked them...back then the anc base consisted of 9 737-200 combi/freighters..it was not uncommon for a third of the airlines revenue to come from that base...the $h1t about the artic eagle comes from two groups-the fng crowd who were hired after the "old girl" flew west and the pilots that tried and never made the cut....there is your un-asked for history lesson

What about the third group that was hired before the "old girl" flew west, and still didn't give a rats ass how cool it is to dead stick a 37 into OTZ, below mins and overweight. The "Arctic Eagle" stuff is a crock. fly the plane the way the guys who sign our paychecks tell us too...the "old girl" is gone.

Mookie

 

[flythere]

Or the guys that want to try and fly the 400/NG like a -200. Some of them just need to let it go!!!

 

[Boxboy]

That whole "arctic eagle" thing always cracks me up. Makin' the cut.... give me a freaking break. Yeah, I'm sure flying up there is a challenge but who here hasn't done that sort of flying (short field, in the weather, non-radar, icy runway, terrain, yada yada yada)? The bottom line is, they took a very simple airplane and turned it into a difficult program.