Originally Posted by
C340
Great conversation going on about the seniority thing.
I understand better movement at UA or DL, but as someone who has no 121 experience, would you all take living in base with slower movement over commuting to SFO/LAX/SEA for the entirety of your 35 year career? That’s what it’s kind of coming down to for me.
all really depends where you’re commuting from and how many daily flights out of there you can catch a ride on. Honestly the biggest reason DL interests me is for the seniority movement. I can justify the commute to SEA or SLC because they’re easy from where I’m at and eventually I’d move to base (24, no kids, no GF/wife) but every persons situation is different. Do I think upgrades are gonna be 11 years? No not really. More likely in the 5-6 year range on average. The pros with DL is you’re flying less especially out of SEA. Long call there is great and the lines are built very well out of SEA. You’ll fly less and go to work less on average with DL then with AS. The pro with AS is you can drive to work which will undoubtedly save you nights stuck in a hotel or sleeping in the airport waiting for a flight home. There’s pros and cons and personally if we continue at our current rate of floundering and not really expanding our route structure and fleet size it’s only a matter of time before our shares dip and we become the right price to be bought. By who I have no idea. Could be 5 years could be never.