Alaska Air Hiring
#7361
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If it happens sooner than that consider yourself fortunate. There are TONS of FOs who've bypassed and the Virgin America guys are way younger as a group than the alaska guys, so there is no huge retirement wave or bubble.
Also there is no big order or net growth coming, its parking 70+ A320/21s and getting a similar number of 737s. Even as a 27 year old you wouldnt retire in the top 50.
#7362
Great conversation going on about the seniority thing.
I understand better movement at UA or DL, but as someone who has no 121 experience, would you all take living in base with slower movement over commuting to SFO/LAX/SEA for the entirety of your 35 year career? That’s what it’s kind of coming down to for me.
I understand better movement at UA or DL, but as someone who has no 121 experience, would you all take living in base with slower movement over commuting to SFO/LAX/SEA for the entirety of your 35 year career? That’s what it’s kind of coming down to for me.
#7363
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Position: Cessna 205
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Well you heard wrong, the most junior captain is 2200/3300. So how long will it take 1100 guys to retire? 11 years.
If it happens sooner than that consider yourself fortunate. There are TONS of FOs who've bypassed and the Virgin America guys are way younger as a group than the alaska guys, so there is no huge retirement wave or bubble.
Also there is no big order or net growth coming, its parking 70+ A320/21s and getting a similar number of 737s. Even as a 27 year old you wouldnt retire in the top 50.
If it happens sooner than that consider yourself fortunate. There are TONS of FOs who've bypassed and the Virgin America guys are way younger as a group than the alaska guys, so there is no huge retirement wave or bubble.
Also there is no big order or net growth coming, its parking 70+ A320/21s and getting a similar number of 737s. Even as a 27 year old you wouldnt retire in the top 50.
I think we ended 2019 with 237 mainline aircraft. We’re projected to end 2024 with 265.
#7365
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#7366
Great conversation going on about the seniority thing.
I understand better movement at UA or DL, but as someone who has no 121 experience, would you all take living in base with slower movement over commuting to SFO/LAX/SEA for the entirety of your 35 year career? That’s what it’s kind of coming down to for me.
I understand better movement at UA or DL, but as someone who has no 121 experience, would you all take living in base with slower movement over commuting to SFO/LAX/SEA for the entirety of your 35 year career? That’s what it’s kind of coming down to for me.
#7368
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#7369
Can we grow by 620 pilots ( assuming 10 pilots per plane) in 3 years? With the people I talk to on line and seeing the unions hiring vs attrition chart. no, we can not staff 62 new airplanes. so that’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.
For the sake of all of us here and our well being I sure hope they can but the contract going to need section 25 improvements and pay improvements if we want to grow by 62 planes in the next 3 years
it’ll be interesting to see the Q4 10-Q
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