Alaska will be fine. If Shyguys napkin math shows we need 3000, throw in some management pilots, med leave, retirements, attrition, etc, and it’s about balanced. Throwing around the furlough word in this environment seems silly to me and just a scare tactic.

the reason we had 5 year upgrades recently is because 600 people bypassed because commuting to reserve or having 12 “days” off isn’t appealing to them. If those people upgraded on schedule we would see the actual time which is probably more like 8 years.

To anyone coming here, you will be fine. However there are better opportunities at other carriers, for sure. Even at 6 years here I’m constantly torn on whether to leave.. wish I had just kept my stuff updated this whole time and took the first of the big 3 to call, but it is what it is.