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.

 

[tico]

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.

Guessing you are a new guy boxboi....has nothing to do with you....fact is with 9 airplanes we earned 1/3 of the airlines profits and bruce ,ray, john and bill chose to show some appreciation for that...let it go

 

[Mookie]

Guessing you are a new guy boxboi....has nothing to do with you....fact is with 9 airplanes we earned 1/3 of the airlines profits and bruce ,ray, john and bill chose to show some appreciation for that...let it go

So...by using that logic, should the guys now flying Hawaii be called the "Tropic Lei's"? The "Arctic Eagle" thing wouldn't be a problem if a portion, not all, of those guys weren't still trying to fly the 400/NG like the mudhen.


Mookie

 

[mach none]

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

Someone has been drinking the arctic koolaid.

 

[tico]

Not defending anyones behaviour...and I think that the Hawaii tour is over for anc...hopefully the base will shrink back to its prior size and all the unhappy commuters can go home..

 

[wscrj]

Not defending anyones behaviour...and I think that the Hawaii tour is over for anc...hopefully the base will shrink back to its prior size and all the unhappy commuters can go home..

Thereby solving many of AS's problems....