Culture? Lol. Ba ha ha haaaaa. Whatever culture WN had has gone the way of horse-driven carriages and family Saturday evenings gathered around the radio.
Line bidding may or may not still be around after C2020. We, along with Alaska, are the last airlines with it. That means the company will have strong leverage to attain it OR (more likely) use it as leverage to keep our contract on the lagging side of things.
Wide body international is nice. That is appealing. After more than a decade, the 737 and the Lubbocks, Albuquerques, and Grand Rapids, etc of this world after 3 to 5 leg days ad nauseum forever get a tad old.
The kind of seniority movement you’re talking about also protects you from furlough (in addition to being helpful for quality of life and upgrade).
But American sucks, so go to SWA.