Originally Posted by gloopy

Exactly right. Significant and sustained hiring makes bidding magic happen far beyond the "how many numbers from the plug does it take today to..." hypotheticals.

I think a few hundred pilots into the hiring cycle, provided we are still hiring, will see some examples of new hires getting west coast base(s) within their first year, assuming they are on a plane for their year freeze that is based there. Not everyone who wants it, but we will see it here and there. I think 2 years is a very safe guestimate as long as we continue to hire the numbers people are talking about. Sustained hiring in significant numbers causes a lot of unexpected air bubbles in the seniority list.

There is supposed to be more hiring in under two years than there's been total since 2001. Movement will be much faster all around if that holds true.