Originally Posted by
OTZeagle1
When you write “never get in,” that must be dramatic, theatrical, and known to be absolutely false. Anchorage pilots will move, retire, and upgrade in and out of base. That will provide many FO positions in the future. The ANC base is likely to grow 9% over the next 3 years. Not a lot but that would likely provide at least 30-50 positions during that period of time. Reserve in ANC goes out of seniority, as it is much more palatable then the other bases.
So yes, a new hire would likely hold ANC in 8-18 months, as for “never” being able to hold ANC, well that is just purely a false statement, written to discourage and detour applicants. He wants you to know, he is very unhappy here, and if he is really unhappy, well without question, so will you.
You missed the context of “continues to stagnate”. The ANC base just got 64 and 65 but they didn’t need to add pilots. This is for a base with only 89 FOs. There are 462 FOs in SEA. It’s not out of this world to see all SE flying go to QX…
Nearly all of the FAI flying went to QX. One could wait far, far longer than 18 months to see ANC.
This will be the scenario most applicants should consider if they intend on not commuting to ANC.
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