TSA/FAA/DoJ can't really regulate what's on the interwebs.

But an airline employee providing company material labelled SSI to an unauthorized person could get in deep doo-doo.

Would I hook up my good bro? Sure. Would I give up my company manual to random anonymous internet peeps? Be smart.

What proportion of newhires are going Airbus vs Boeing? Based on need or are newhires bidding one or the other?

Are you seeing many existing Alaska Boeing Pilots bidding the Bus and vice versa?

we haven't had a vacancy bid since prior to SLI.....so nobody has been able to cross bid.

I'd imagine it'll happen at some point, but when it does....it'll be very limited.

Since the start of 2019 25% of new hires are Airbus, 75% Boeing. They're holding 16-person classes that alternate between all Boeing or a 50/50 split. I assume that it's because the output of the Airbus training program right now can only handle 8 pilots bi-weekly, but who knows?

I think they said that plan takes them through the current new-hire window which stops around mid-march, after which there will be the first vacancy bid between the types. From there things will readjust accordingly.

The last class under the current bid is scheduled for 15APR, and will be all Airbus.


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Got it. And what are the bases available to Airbus pilots again? SFO and LAX only?

That’s correct

Personally, so long as the basing worked for you, I think getting some Airbus time would be interesting (why not?) since Alaska has aligned itself with Boeing for such a long time and will likely do so going forward (absent a merger with another airline). Alaska might also find having Airbuses beneficial when negotiating new purchases with Boeing as well - Ryanair is playing that game in Europe and using an aquired fleet of Airbuses as a bargaining chip.

Any talk about how long the Airbuses might remain? If you get trained on them, how long would you likely be flying them?

We have at least 5 more years of Airbus flying.

Alaska likes to keep a young fleet and they're trying to aggressively expand. They haven't announced plans yet for the Airbuses but even if they were going to get rid of them it would take a while. There just aren't enough 737's out there to be snatched up and there isn't any room in Boeing's production output for a large order to be made for quick delivery.

Plus, they're still getting a couple more Airbuses delivered.