Why hasn't the company made SEA a domicile? There are benefits to us and costs to the company for making a domicile, virtual basing allows them to circumvent those.

VB makes the company more efficient. A more efficient company means less hiring required to fly the schedule. There shouldn't be a single pilot that thinks less hiring is good. I recognize how awesome not commuting would be to somebody who happens to live in a VB location and I certainly don't blame them for thinking it a good idea.

As for you becoming more senior, I doubt it. VB (afaik) is not growth, it's just spreading things around a bit. Sure, a few people above you might bid out, but what about the trips from the bid package that also go away? A commuter doesn't bid the same way somebody in base bids, I doubt you'd gain as much as you think. What about premium trips that those guys from MCO couldn't make it to before, but now they just go straight to their VB?

If VB is something that ends up in a company counter it's certainly not a deal breaker for me but we'd better get something for it in return. I'm happy to negotiate, I'm not happy to just give.