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Alaska and Shrinking the Eskimo to regain order????
This is old news but what the heck is going on at Alaska?
Do airlines who are relatively profitable compared to the rest of the industry, airlines who have gained cost savings from all employee groups at the permanent cost of morale drop 16 flights a day to get the house in order? As if the reason on time performance has gone down the Columbia is because turns aren't long enough.
The Air Group is truly an embarrasssssment. What lame sh*t is next? What is the word around campus? Are we witness to the slow destruction of one of the few top shelf airlines by Billy and Curious George? They are burning the place down slowly and either are too stupid to get it or just don't care. The caring Alaska Spirit.
Alaska Airlines Reduces Summer Flying To Improve On-Time Performance, Schedule Reliability
6/10/2005 1:01 p.m.
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines today announced that it has removed eight daily round trips from its summer schedule to improve the airline's on-time performance and schedule reliability.
Flights eliminated from the summer schedule ending Sept. 10 include one Anchorage-Los Angeles round trip, one Anchorage-Phoenix round trip, one Seattle-Anchorage round trip, one Las Vegas-Seattle round trip and one Orlando-Seattle round trip. The airline's single daily round-trip service between Miami and Seattle will be temporarily suspended until Oct. 30. The airline also postponed the start of twice-daily nonstop service between Dallas-Fort Worth and Seattle until Sept. 12.
"This is a temporary measure to get our operation back on track after record load factors and increased summer flying, coupled with ongoing company transitions, caused delays and cancellations to rise," Alaska's CEO Bill Ayer said.
Reducing the number of scheduled flights each day will increase ground time between flights, create more spare aircraft and provide additional overnight time for maintenance and cleaning.
"We appreciate passengers' patience during a period when Alaska has been faced with unprecedented challenges both inside and outside the company that have created distractions impacting daily operations," Ayer said. "At a time of high fuel prices and intense competition, we must continue on our transition path and manage our costs to ensure Alaska's future."
This is old news but what the heck is going on at Alaska?
Do airlines who are relatively profitable compared to the rest of the industry, airlines who have gained cost savings from all employee groups at the permanent cost of morale drop 16 flights a day to get the house in order? As if the reason on time performance has gone down the Columbia is because turns aren't long enough.
The Air Group is truly an embarrasssssment. What lame sh*t is next? What is the word around campus? Are we witness to the slow destruction of one of the few top shelf airlines by Billy and Curious George? They are burning the place down slowly and either are too stupid to get it or just don't care. The caring Alaska Spirit.
Alaska Airlines Reduces Summer Flying To Improve On-Time Performance, Schedule Reliability
6/10/2005 1:01 p.m.
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines today announced that it has removed eight daily round trips from its summer schedule to improve the airline's on-time performance and schedule reliability.
Flights eliminated from the summer schedule ending Sept. 10 include one Anchorage-Los Angeles round trip, one Anchorage-Phoenix round trip, one Seattle-Anchorage round trip, one Las Vegas-Seattle round trip and one Orlando-Seattle round trip. The airline's single daily round-trip service between Miami and Seattle will be temporarily suspended until Oct. 30. The airline also postponed the start of twice-daily nonstop service between Dallas-Fort Worth and Seattle until Sept. 12.
"This is a temporary measure to get our operation back on track after record load factors and increased summer flying, coupled with ongoing company transitions, caused delays and cancellations to rise," Alaska's CEO Bill Ayer said.
Reducing the number of scheduled flights each day will increase ground time between flights, create more spare aircraft and provide additional overnight time for maintenance and cleaning.
"We appreciate passengers' patience during a period when Alaska has been faced with unprecedented challenges both inside and outside the company that have created distractions impacting daily operations," Ayer said. "At a time of high fuel prices and intense competition, we must continue on our transition path and manage our costs to ensure Alaska's future."
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