What exactly did VX ruin for AS? Let’s be honest, AS has always been a locality attraction for less pay than the legacies. People applied and went there for the state of Alaska or the PNW. How many AS pilots live and commute from the east coast? Literally like 2?

If pilots are leaving AS, it has less to do with VX and moreso to do with the realization that the other big 5 carriers have higher pay and QOL and bases in every city AS does except PDX (which apparently might be in a chopping block). Fed/Ups have ANC. Delta has SEA. Everyone has LAX. Alaska has always had a historical long upgrade time, lower pay and schedule quality than the big majors, etc.