Originally Posted by sailingfun

I think your way overestimating the growth at Alaska. In fact they recalled their last furloughed pilot well after we did in 2010. I bet their growth over the last 10 years has not exceeded 10 percent. Every airline has cycles. Do you attribute their growth to Delta passengers or the fact they run a outstanding airline with huge customer loyalty? They also code share with American. Their fleet had 117 aircraft at the end of 2011. At the end of 2013 they are projected to have 127 aircraft or a net gain of 10 airframes over 2 years. That is a growth rate around 4 percent a year. Prior to that they had guys on furlough.