Alaska Poolies?.....take 2

[mach none]

Our current deliveries are supposed to be offset by the phase out of the -200. At best a gain of 1 maybe two a/c.

Will we order more, who knows what the puzzle palace has planned.

 

[av8instyle]

Horizon has the same number of aircraft now that they did 10 years ago. I'm sure the same can't be said about Alaska

You guys (Qcappy & Regoionaltard) both sound like you'd rather have the growth at QX. Please don't take this the wrong way, but wouldn't it be better for you in the long run if there were more Alaska cockpits to fill? (current displeasure with the Alaska situation aside)

 

[regionaltard]

You guys (Qcappy & Regoionaltard) both sound like you'd rather have the growth at QX. Please don't take this the wrong way, but wouldn't it be better for you in the long run if there were more Alaska cockpits to fill? (current displeasure with the Alaska situation aside)

You seem to be suggesting that the two are mutually exclusive. That simply isn't true.

 

[QCappy]

You guys (Qcappy & Regoionaltard) both sound like you'd rather have the growth at QX. Please don't take this the wrong way, but wouldn't it be better for you in the long run if there were more Alaska cockpits to fill? (current displeasure with the Alaska situation aside)

If I sounded that way, that wasn't the intention. I would not rather see growth at one or the other. Especially one growing at the expense of the other. It would be much better if both grew. The reality is that each airline has a different mission, and neither is being used to its full potentional. I agree with you that more growth at Alaska would be better for me. I want to be there as soon as I can. But the reality is that the Air Group needs to get more airplanes for both and continue to "harmonize" the fleet more as necessary to make money. I sure don't want Horizon flying all of the West Coast stuff, and I would love to see Alaska continue moving into new markets. The reality of the industry right now is the fact you have to "right size" the airplanes in each market to be profitable. Unfortunately, it appears that any 90 seaters will go to Horizon. I would prefer they were at Alaska. In the long run a nice integration of both airlines will hopefully produce profit and growth.....**CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**, I almost sound like management.

It may have been said before, but we shouldn't pit ourselves against eachother(Alaska vs. Horizon pilots), but rather be a unified front against the real buggers, Air Group management. You guys got the hammer and in another year or so we are expecting a hammer to come our way. We are going to fight hard to not lower the bar here....we'll see what happens.