Moving expenses are only paid to those that go to the new domicile within the first two months of opening. SkyWest could wait until Decemeber or later to increase the size of the base without having to pay moving expenses. They did this with ORD when they opened it up as a domicile in June of 2004. Started with only 15 crews, even though there was a lot more flying going through ORD. By the end of the year it had tripled in size and now has over 200 crews.

On the Captain side it looks like there's a high demand for LA. Top 15-20 with a bid in have 20+ years with the company. Junior Captain will be at least 8+ years.