Originally Posted by
cmrflyer
I always wonder that too. Why are the best guys in the business working at a regional airline? Surely Delta, American, United or an overseas airline would throw money at these geniuses to get them to come over and run their business as well as they run Alaska.
Or is it because these guys aren’t the best, and the other airlines already have the best. Maybe that’s why the other airlines are in the position they are in and we are a regional that’s hung in for 87 years.
Maybe its because they make plenty of money here and prefer the QOL provided by living in SEA. There are plenty of AS pilots who feel the same way.
Remember that Mark Few turned down a raft of multi-million dollar college coaching opportunities to stay at Gonzaga because his family preferred living in Spokane.
If I was in the Angle Lake shoes I'd rather live in SEA than DFW, ORD or ATL as well.