Leave who? What?

I’ve been “here” less time than you’ve been “there” and am enjoying the same. I certainly do get it.

 

Check your relitive seniority in a VRD base. I’ll save you the time, it’s 85%. Ready yourself for stagnation.

 

Well for starters you are full of crap. I've been at delta almost 3 years and I would be 56% in Seattle.....just math....



But instead I choose to be 68% in Seattle on the 75/76....kinda nice to have options...

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3 and a half years in at Alaska and I bid for 14-15 day off lines. I'm sure they aren't jealous of the schedule here nor the inflexibility of it.

 

Ouch. Your sleep must be pretty crappy then because you’re obviously way off.

 

* Flying only international with 17-19 days off a month.

 

I've been at Delta a little over 1 year and I'm showing 84% in Seattle and have been holding a line in SEA on the 737 for a while now.


A lot of people leave the 73 in SEA. Some bid to 757/767, others A330. Some bid to commute for either upgrade or seniority reasons. A single 330 retirement can ripple through the entire company as people upgrade and move around. If everyone is wanting to stay in Seattle it has the potential to upgrade or otherwise move 6 pilots to either a higher seniority in their seat or a higher seniority seat (it's actually more complicated than that of course). I've flown with Captains who are pondering bidding to a widebody commute (and some do).

Alaska 73 pilots might not leave SEA... but there's plenty of movement on the 73 at DAL.

I'm not sure what you are trying to say about schedules, are you saying you don't like the schedules of people you know? If so it's all because they are intentionally making them like that, so there must be something they like about it.

 

I really appreciate you Delta guys coming in and setting the record straight. The ALK bubble in Seattle is strong and these guys have convinced themselves they've got the best jobs in the industry.

Thanks for laying down some hard facts. Maybe it will help them rethink their situations.

 

2014 hires at Delta are the lottery. Those guys are like 10k out of 14.5k today. You start at Delta today, you’ll have 4,600 ahead of you with their average newhire age of 37.

 

yeah, totally worth not going there for it...