Originally Posted by RJDio

I'm not trying to paint everyone with on the west coast with the same stroke but what I was alluding to was the disparity in seniority between PSP, LAX, SFO, FAT, SLC, vs. ORD and DEN. Most captains on the west coast are towards the top of the seniority list and most i fly with have never commuted. Therefore, they have no sympathy for commuters and some make the process of getting numbers (ballast) as hard as possible. Don't take it personal but when i was in ORD I saw this attitude less and its probably becasue most guys out there were commuters incuding myself at the time and know the sensitivity of the JS.

Again its the minority, but a bigger minority than the junior bases have.