Originally Posted by
Ed Harley
So you'd be ok if Horizon buys 737's and Alaska inks a deal whereby they begin flying SEA-JUN and many other Alaska Airline routes?
Don't get me wrong, Alaska is a good airline with good management and good pilots. But you are bottom feeders. That's been your business model for the last 10 years that allowed you to grow at the expense of the Legacy airlines that were "too expensive".
Like Sailing said above, the Alaska pilots may be confronted soon with Alaska Airlines buying C100 jets and the decision on who flies them may come down to which pilot group is cheapest (Alaska, Horizon, SkyWest). What will the Alaska pilots do if Alaska puts that flying out for bid?
I wouldn't say they are bottom feeders. They sub contract feed just as we do. They participate in JV programs as we do. They dominated the west coast for the last 10 years, which is truly why they we able to grow at the expense of legacy carriers.
If they were truly bottom feeders as you say, they wouldn't have told Delta to pound sand. They are a legacy airline and they will survive the Delta push just fine.