Originally Posted by
Erjpilot90
How will they staff this ANC base…?
There's a fair number of pilots that want to live in Alaska and would bid the base in a nanosecond. This probably won't be enough to staff the base, so some of the junior ERJ pilots will be forced there for a few months.
This also affects other work groups (in particular, the flight attendants). When we had the Q400 base in Anchorage, a lot of the flight attendants and new first officers were hired from Anchorage and the surrounding areas. So the initial base staffing will include a number of crewmembers commuting and/or temporarily moving. After 12-18 months most of the crews will be residents (either Seattle-based E175 pilots who want to live in Anchorage, or locals recruited as FO's and flight attendants).
My opinion? The Anchorage base sounds pretty awesome if you can move or deal with the commute. I did a little flying up there in the Q400, had fun.