Originally Posted by
GoodJet
Next you're going to tell me that the cheap housing has almost no traffic on the drive to SAN. The comical thing is that I owned a home in the SF Bay and dealt with prop 13. Sure it's better than what I am dealing with in WA but not by as much as you'd think. There are so many add ons to your property tax to pay for schools, open space etc. You can count on your property taxes going up every year. Sure it can't be adjusted to your home's value but it will go up. I'd encourage anyone to open up Zillow and check the housing prices anywhere remotely close to the airport and do some math. The rest of this post is just as false as what I've addressed. Other than the fact that most pilots at AS don't care that a lot of people will be displaced from their bases. Even though some were forced down to SFO on the last reduction bid. It's wild that the pilot group is cheering this on.
I bet the drive from Gig Harbor or Everett or Olympia to Seatac is a dream with no traffic every day. Again, many people aren't going to pack their home up from mother Seattle to move down to California. 25% of this pilot group lives down there, including HA pilots who commute from San Diego to HNL. People know how much it costs to live in San Diego, because almost 3.5 million people live down in San Diego County. I have personally met a bunch of pilots who commute from SAN to SFO or drive up to LAX. Many others also live in Temecula and Murrieta who drive the 2.5 hours to LAX in awful traffic. Why do you think SNA trips out of LAX go senior? You think pilots love the McDonald's and Carl's Jr there and the short runway with continuous GA traffic?
Nothing I have posted here is false. I think the only thing that most people on here hope is that only you end up getting reduced so you can finally get some sleep. The rest of the pilot group at Alaska can at least try and be happy that there are 75 737s on order, and more 787s on order that are on the way with more international destinations. The airline is growing, but not at the pace you'd like which is hiring 2000 pilots a year for the next 5 years. United and Delta are doing that though.