Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
True. But in LAX it's a different story. The FOs bid the 737 for the upgrade and some FOs did Boeing for the better relative seniority in LA. On the Airbus side, it was senior Boeing CAs who bid over to be #1 and #2 in base. Can't say I blame them, they're just taking advantage of the system.
I bid LAX 73 because my seniority makes me a solid lineholder there rather than reserve in SFO. Reserve sucks severely at Alaska and commuting to it in SFO is even worse. After almost 2 years of it I'm well versed. Another bitter pill is the large number of people junior to me in SEA, where I really want to be based, but can't hold, because of how "smart" Angle Lake is when they put out bids. Pilots around my seniority have been holding lines in Seattle for close to a year. That's a year of not making over guarantee, $400 a month crashpads, missed time with my family due to commutes and minimum days off. As to the survey they sent asking why I'm leaving the bus, they can put this info in their data pipe and smoke it.