Someone asked about LAX in another thread, so I thought I could bump this one up. Reading through it is mostly still decent info.
Supplemental bid results have junior Captain as a 3/16 hire. Junior FO was a 6/23 hire. At 14 months I’m bidding 67% in the right seat with 25 (of 149 total lines) line-holders and 24 reserves below me.
Still a lot of red-eyes, but the bid package for August had the latest takeoff at 22:34, so maybe the company is backing off from the real late red-eyes, which are rough. Flying is generally easy with many trips with one leg per day.
Company recently approached the union about giving relief from CBA restrictions to open a LAS base, which the union did not entertain. The company could open a LAS base anytime though and the upcoming (1 Aug) annual bud could be the time. A LAS base would be a major seniority shakeup in LAX. We have many (over a dozen) Captains who live there already and many commuters will consider it. Spirit merger would change things much further. Hawaii flying pushed until 2024 or later due to Airbus delivery delays.