Originally Posted by flysnoopy76 (Post 3460984)

There is no growth occurring at Alaska other than the total number of seats. The number of aircraft is going to be smaller as the Airbus leaves faster than they can be replaced. The Max 10 doesn’t matter, if it doesn’t get certified, though it will, Alaska will probably just change the order to Max 9s. Either way by the time the Airbus leaves along with likely older 73s the aircraft count which is what matters to pilots will be flat or lower.
As a new hire expect some movement early on as junior people move on to better opportunities, followed by stagnation once you reach the seniority point where fewer people are leaving.

Originally Posted by GoodJet (Post 3460987)

This has been my experience.

Sorry I can't answer the question about SFO but I'd honestly plan on that base going away rather than pinning my hopes on an entire career spent at a base that seems to be in jeopardy at times.

Originally Posted by Jet J (Post 3461112)

thanks anyways dude. Yeah was just curious how many aircraft in total will be at the sfo base after the airbus are gone. In the interview one of the CP’s said they want to grow that base by something like 3-4%. Ide just be happy if the base didn’t shrink lol.

Originally Posted by flysnoopy76 (Post 3461149)

Theres a much higher chance SFO will close entirely rather than see any growth, at best it will be its current size, just a 737 base instead of Airbus.

Originally Posted by bikenfly (Post 3461163)

The company announced they will open the SFO 7373 base in three system bids of +/- 50 pilots for a total of around 150. We’ve had one bid award and should see the second system bid here in a couple of weeks. No word on that number being revised but like others have posted, if they can’t keep up with attrition, they will probably have to either grab crews from LAX or make it a smaller base. Worse case they close the base. The Bay Area is their biggest growth potential market, so I do believe they want to grow it but the question remains if they can hire and retain enough pilots to do it. Time will tell.

Originally Posted by flysnoopy76 (Post 3461149)

Theres a much higher chance SFO will close entirely rather than see any growth, at best it will be its current size, just a 737 base instead of Airbus.

Originally Posted by MinRest (Post 3461533)

That couldn't be farther from the truth. I mean it couldn't be farther from reality if you said AS was simply closing its doors. It is the only base that has mass potential for growth. SEA is at capacity and we have SFO, OAK, and SJC lying in wait. SFO isn't going to close.

Originally Posted by MinRest (Post 3461533)

That couldn't be farther from the truth. I mean it couldn't be farther from reality if you said AS was simply closing its doors. It is the only base that has mass potential for growth. SEA is at capacity and we have SFO, OAK, and SJC lying in wait. SFO isn't going to close.

Originally Posted by Jet J (Post 3461112)

thanks anyways dude. Yeah was just curious how many aircraft in total will be at the sfo base after the airbus are gone. In the interview one of the CP’s said they want to grow that base by something like 3-4%. Ide just be happy if the base didn’t shrink lol.