Commuting to reserve regardless of where will make you miserable. Maybe except SWA where they get 15 off. What do the legacy carriers get? Delta varies between 12-14. United is 12 off in 30, and 13 off in 31, and I think AA is the same.

They closed my base, I moved to the new base because I was lucky enough to be in a position to be able to do so. Reserve at least in LA has been a breeze. I hardly fly (CA). The most I flew this year was 45 hrs in a month and that includes picking up two 1-day trips. Living in base and not flying much, picking up on a day off has been very lucrative. I pulled 100+ credit a couple months this year.

To each their own. I’m not happy AS closed the NY base, but I’m not gonna live miserably, hate AS, and be negative. Just trying to make the best of it and make some good $$$ and have fun. Many things in the contract need to be improved. We need scope. Sec 25 needs to be re-written. With time we will get there.

And let’s be honest about attrition. Most of the attrition list is full of FOs with less than 2-3 yrs and retirement ages in the 2050 decade. That means these guys are all in their 20s and early 30s. They would have left even if Alaska was a “good” deal because their lesser longevity is easy to walk away from, and they still have a 32-35+ yr career remaining. No one can blame them, it makes sense to do so at that young an age.