Originally Posted by
Packrat
Alaska doesn't want you. They especially don't want 67 MDs, an aircraft they phased out years ago...you're flying some of their old jets. And they don't want either the Airbus or the 757 either.
Alaska is perfectly happy flying BLI to Hawaii with their jets and everywhere else using Horizon to connect to the rest of the system. If Allegiant disappeared from BLI, Alaska would ramp up with big jets. Why would they take you to get into an airport they're already in AND pioneered for YOU?
Which "big jets" do you speak of? 757's? Frankly the AS pilot group is dealing with a sticky wicket as they really don't have scope protection. Thus SKW operating the EJet under AS colors. The only airframe AS pilots "have to" operate at the moment is the 737... more to the point how would a NetJets pilot know what a legacy carrier wants or doesn't want. Perhaps you should return to picketing for your own contract and tell the Oracle how he should run his company.