Hey y’all. Another potential candidate here. Currently year 2, starting year 3 as an FO at Alaska early next year. I have a CJO from Delta that I’ve been sitting on with class in late January. I live in SEA but have been commuting my whole time at AS so far due to no hiring.



A few thoughts I’ve had about the decision:

• Seems like DL is on the back side of its hiring curve, but being in my mid 20s seniority will likely be a wash by the end of my career.

• AS has a bigger operation in SEA and enough pilots on the list there that trip trades are fairly easy (reserve is a different beast). My family and I plan on staying here for now.

• AS feels like a fun startup with new route announcements related to the HA merger, a new 787 sim at the SEA training center, and is becoming a five fleet airline…but their smaller scale worries me a bit.

• I am furlough protected at AS through fall of next year thanks to one of our merger agreements. Our current CBA is solid in most areas with the exception of reserve…hopefully to be improved in the upcoming JCBA.

• DL is going to have five fleets in Seattle alone. I would think the artificial seniority gained from spreading pilots across fleets is not insignificant.

• Upgrade is tough to predict. Not sure what trickle down effects the opening of SEA350 at DL or SEA787 at AS is going to have on seniority.

• I’m unsure whether I could get SEA out of the gate at DL. My SSN would make me quite junior in class.



Just wanted to hear if anyone made a similar move one way or the other and either loves it or regrets it. Beyond thankful to have these two great airlines to decide between! TIA!