Alaska continues the pressure on Virgin America

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Does anybody remeber?

Continental West
Markair
Southwest

I don't remember. What happened? I could only find info on Markair.

 

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Ouch. I left an m out of remember.

Continental West- Something like this. Lorenzo was trying to bring 737-300's, as I recall, to New York Air. For whatever reason, the entire Texas Air mess is to convoluted for this post, but couldn't do it. His answer was to optain a certificate for a new carrier called Continental West. My point regarding Alaska is that the management at the time used this potential increased competition as a negotiating tactic.

Markair is a little less convoluted but they were also used, in my opinion, much the same way.

Ditto Southwest. Interestingly enough the FA's signed a last minute deal, amidst CHAOS, to sign a contract copied, or modeled perhaps, based on the SWA FA contract. Subsequently the Pilots signed a contract with minimal pay increases.

Read between the lines all you want.