Alaska Airlines adds Hawaii flights from Sacramento, San Jose

[General Lee]

don't worry...pretty soon he'll be telling us we'll be yanking his gear to PASI...

Mookie

Right now I think you guys are well run and have a great operation. I wish you didn't have any furloughed pilots though, and eventually I hope our airlines get "closer...." (and then I will go to Sitka..... )


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[igneousy2]

THis could be a good fit for SWA and give them Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, and Canada

SWA??? I doubt it. There is no reason for either company to want to do this. Two different cultures...two different products....besides SWA has comitted to not merging unless labor can come to an agreement...and i don't see Alaska settling for anything less than DoH and I don't see SWA wanting most of their Captains ending up junior to half the pilots at Alaska.

My favorite...most imaginative... merger rumor is Air Tran...Delta gives us a bunch of cash to go buy Air Tran...we then shift all the Air Tran flying out West, more importantly out of Atlanta.

My nightmare...also most likely scenario (aside from AS staying independent which is really the most likely in the short-mid term) is based on the scary fact that NW+DL=UAL+CAL=AA+AS(or Air Tran or US)

I think if UAL+CAL happens...AA is going to be forced to move and that either means US Air, Air Tran, or AS. I think US Air might be too big and still too much of a mess from the last merger especially considering AA's financial condition...Air Tran has too much overlap with AA to be approved...but i think AS could happen and it would also solve AA's MD80 problem.

 

[Going2Baja]

There is a cure for that, try snowboarding. Almost, but not quite surfing, but it fills the gap.

I board very well...looking forward to the local slope opening up...will swap to long call then. Make the best of what is in my lap....

Baja.

 

[Old School 737]

Alaska and Hawaiian. Will be announced after first of the year!

 

[Kharma Police]

THis could be a good fit for SWA and give them Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, and Canada

Or a good fit for AirTran

 

[Mea25000]

This company is very conservative I don't see anything happening unless their hand is forced... It would take $45 a share to buy this company and I don't see them going for a stock swap. If they sell they will be paid. With those numbers even with all of ALK cash on hand it would cost and additional 400 million dollars to buy this company. Only two carriers could probably pull it off SWA and DAL... I think we are safe.

 

[Going2Baja]

Alaska and Hawaiian. Will be announced after first of the year!

Where did you hear this one? Anyone else hear this? I could handle a HNL base for a few years. But would rather see us stay solo.

Baja.

 

[Old School 737]

It has been approached in the past but I think they are looking at it again. Rumor, yes but it seems to have some teeth from the people I have talked with.

 

[QCappy]

Where did you hear this one? Anyone else hear this? I could handle a HNL base for a few years. But would rather see us stay solo.

Baja.

I heard this rumor recently. I don't like it, but you never know.

 

[Mea25000]

I would say not very likely 767 717 330 and 350's along with our 737's.... I know the 767's are going away soon but that would be a rather large mess for our size of company plus you would have to get a pay rate on the larger aircraft. I doubt they are ready to back to the table that soon.

 

[SRMairlines]

Knowing AAG....

They would buy Hawaiian and operate them separately!

Since we sold out on our contract last spring... this is possible. Forget the HNL base. We would be stuck in the middle of the whipsaw. Widebodies at Hawaiian and RJ's at Horizon.

Separate Senority Lists !!!

No Scope = No Future

 

[dashtrash]

Knowing AAG....

They would buy Hawaiian and operate them separately!

Since we sold out on our contract last spring... this is possible. Forget the HNL base. We would be stuck in the middle of the whipsaw. Widebodies at Hawaiian and RJ's at Horizon.

Separate Senority Lists !!!

No Scope = No Future

Bingo was his name-o!

 

[Z_Pilot]

Now give me my job back

+1 :angryfire