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Why would a WB pilot invade your base and seat? No one flying a WB wants to fly a 737, especially when we have two WB domiciles on the mainland now. There is a reason WB FO is senior to NB CA at all the legacy’s, just saying.

If you’re a WB FO who now has seniority to hold NB Capt in the city you live in, I’m guessing that might be tempting. Or a WB Capt that lives in say PDX, SFO or LAX and doesn’t want to commute.

Yes, “we” now have two mainland WB bases, you’re welcome.

If you look at the flying, it’s not tempting. There is zero chance a WB CA bids the 737 to not commute. There is a small chance a WB FO takes the bait and bids 737 CA to not commute, until they realize they made a mistake and bid back. Again, I’m not just making this up, there is a very good reason WB FO is senior to NB CA at the other legacies. Many say it’s like two different jobs entirely.

We had a SEA domicile previously, thanks but we didn’t miss it. Looking at the most recent vacancy it’s gonna be new hires into the 787 in SEA at HAL soon, cause no one wants to be in SEA.

two? mainland WB bases? Did I miss something?

Thank you, personally, for rescuing us.

Well, since your future career expectations are riding on the backs of legacy Alaska pilots…you’re welcome. Personally.

At this point, I’m just hoping our company survives this adventure. The turnaround seems to be making a little progress. But, a lot of risk is on the table.

Single fleet legacy and out Southwest, Southwest? that wasn’t a slam dunk for the next 30 years. Be glad you got heavy’s before they did.

I hope you like swinging gear and talking on the radios! Giddy up! Personally.

Remember that “WB CA” in the sense of SLI is not likely to mean actually holding a 787/330 vacancy…. It will probably be “stovepiped” based on what you “could” hold. So if you happen to be the number 1 or 2 narrow body captain (321/717) but have the seniority to be way up the wide body list, you are considered a WB CA for the purposes of the list. So the “widebody captains won’t interfere in the day to day life” or whatever is a non-relevant point.

And with the narrow body fleets that I imagine will work both ways. No fences around the A321 or the 737 I assume, based on past precedent?