Personally I don't think a 1 year seat lock for a new hire is that big of a deal. Anyone leaving an airline to start at another airline knows the gig - we all start at the bottom.

Hopefully all the new hires are coming to a much stronger and reliable company, partly based on sacrifices that we all made - albeit not always willingly.

First year pay is the same and they will also benefit from any change to the 23a,b,c,d,e,f,g.

If we want to take care of Pilots - how about taking care of our own? Hey here is an idea - how about we work on eliminating the current Alaska LAX and SEA carve outs?

One more thing to think about - What if this supposed 1 year lock was the deciding factor that prompts the company to start hiring 1 year earlier than without it? How do you think the new hires would feel about that? How would we all feel about that?


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