Originally Posted by
Packrat
LOL! Looks like the truth hurts. Hit a nerve, did I? I guess no one likes their dirty laundry aired in public.
Remember, all I said was:
Given the CURRENT hiring picture, I would personally place Alaska BEHIND:
FedEx
UPS
DAL
SWA
AA
UAL
Sorry if you can't handle a contrary opinion to the sunshine Angle Lake routinely blows up your tailpipe.
Packrat, AS is a tightknit niche airline AS has its appeal to a certain group of people, just like Hawaiian. To an outsider, you'd say, why would you go to Alaska when you could go to the airlines you listed? However, if you live in the Northwest, its an awesome choice. Why would someone commute to the east coast with a major when they could drive to work at Alaska? To each his own, Im a big fan of the Alaska crowd, theyre a good bunch.
Btw consider sliding FDX/UPS down the list IF you subscribe to a certain theory out there that they're going to go the way of DHL in the next couple decades (chopped up and contracted out to low paying cargo carriers). I don't know if I believe that theory yet, but watching DHL do it today successfully is QUITE scary, even with scope clauses.