New Alaska Base
Alaska announces a PDX base. No recalls yet...
From an ALPA update...
Management Posts Bid 2010-06, Creating a PDX Base
Management today posted Bid 2010-06, which, among other things, establishes a Portland base with 81 captain and 77 first officer positions. Additionally, it adds 19 captain and 22 first officer positions in Anchorage. There is, at the same time, a reduction of 90 Captains and 91 First Officers from Seattle and five captains from Los Angeles.
While this bid contains 13 currently unfilled positions, these open positions are not for furlough recalls. Management has forecast these open positions will be filled by pilots returning from leaves of absence.
Bid 2010-06 closes on Monday, February 15, at 1700 Seattle time, with a June 1, 2010, bid effective date.
The opening of a Portland base is a key initiative for the company for the coming year and is independent of the success or failure of the ongoing ETOPS discussions. As we have said, regardless of what management chooses to do with respect to staffing, we remain committed to working at the bargaining table to reach an agreement on a Seattle ETOPS base that protects the long-term interests of this pilot group.