Originally Posted by
Beta82
Yes absolutely it’s better than a regional, from the same position. From a 12 year position who holds all weekends off, holidays off, days off with kids, max vacation accrual. Etc. This guy probably gets good non rev benefits with a major.
He’s going to step into years of reserve(remember we aren’t growing), stalled seniority progression, bad schedules once you get a line (12-13 days off), loss of decent non rev benefits, etc. IMHO it’s a huge sacrifice for somewhere you should be planning on leaving. Yes the pay is better but THAT’S IT. I’m only arguing that you should wait it out, do your carrer a favor. If you already lived in an AS base it might make sense, the the OP is talking about uprooting his life for mediocrity.
Last former RJ driver I talked to had been almost 20 years at a regional and is at Alaska now. He said he's very happy he made the jump and he is commuting from the midwest. You can always try to go to another airline after getting on with Alaska but at least there the company owns the flying.