Anchorage Seniority & Projected Movement?
10-13-2025 | 12:14 PM
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The last position bid results just dropped and the best way to start to guess when you may get in to Portland is to know how many FOs have it as their top bid choice. Someone can go in the bid transaction log to count but I don't have time to do that now. Maybe someone else can let you know.
Vacant FO positions for new hires are still LAX and SFO.
Vacant FO positions for new hires are still LAX and SFO.
The bid transaction log from the last bid was pretty interesting though. 55 guys senior to me want SEA CA. And close to 70 senior to me want PDX CA. At this rate I wouldn't be optimistic about holding PDX as an FO for at least 2-3 years.
10-13-2025 | 12:19 PM
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Hey everyone. New on here and just have a quick question; Recently got a CJO with AS (which I’m stoked about!) and figured I’d post it here since it refers to seniority… realistically how long would it take to be based in PDX as an FO? I know there’s lots of variables, but just curious what it has been historically/in the past? I know it is a smaller base and I’ve heard senior. Am I looking at like 2-3 years or more like 5 years. Tbc, I don’t have any expectations - just curious.
The last position bid results just dropped and the best way to start to guess when you may get in to Portland is to know how many FOs have it as their top bid choice. Someone can go in the bid transaction log to count but I don't have time to do that now. Maybe someone else can let you know.
Vacant FO positions for new hires are still LAX and SFO.
Vacant FO positions for new hires are still LAX and SFO.
There were 46 pilots that bid PDX as their #1 base for the right seat and were denied.
Hard to put a timeframe on it, but given those numbers, the 1-1.5 year estimate you were given feels pretty optimistic. 3-5 years seem like a much more realistic expectation. I know two members of my new hire class are going to 2.5 years here and have about 20 guys ahead of them that want PDX.
We keep getting told a larger bid is coming later this year, but its halfway through October and we haven't heard anything. I'd agree with GoodJet, unless some serious growth occurs in the near future, given the current size and frequency of our bids, its going to be several years until a new hire can hold PDX here.
10-13-2025 | 12:20 PM
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The last position bid results just dropped and the best way to start to guess when you may get in to Portland is to know how many FOs have it as their top bid choice. Someone can go in the bid transaction log to count but I don't have time to do that now. Maybe someone else can let you know.
Vacant FO positions for new hires are still LAX and SFO.
Vacant FO positions for new hires are still LAX and SFO.
10-13-2025 | 12:32 PM
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We need aircraft to grow and that hasn't been easy for anyone in the industry lately.
10-13-2025 | 12:41 PM
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10-13-2025 | 01:04 PM
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10-13-2025 | 01:15 PM
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10-13-2025 | 01:36 PM
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the majority of the guys I fly w on the WB that are commuting from west coast still have homes or boats in HI and aren’t bidding over to west coast. Seems like the majority that were going to transfer already did.
10-13-2025 | 01:37 PM
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not to mention like 90% of folks at HA never intend to leave our families in Hawaii hence why we’re at HA. I wouldn’t stress
10-13-2025 | 01:45 PM
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