Originally Posted by
gooddeal
As far as the company goes, replacing 737s for say ERJ flying is not a very realistic option...both as a business practice or towards the profitability of the investors. Taking emotion away, the demonstrated goals to investors (the principal benefactors of their decisions) does not include reducing the image of an independent airline to regional operation. Decisions in the last 2 years have wholly demonstrated this.
If you are based in the Lower 48, do you realize that in ANC, the Q400 does 7 of the 9 daily ANC-FAI flights now ... that prior to Mar 2014 were ALL flown by 737s.
With E175s, think it won't happen in southeast?
How about SEA-GEG, or any other shorter flights that we currently have?
I don't think we'll lose jobs, but I do think we'll lose quality of life (more 4-day trips started in 0500 and ending at 2330), and we'll hire fewer pilots.
If the E175 is a good jet, make it part of Alaska Airlines, and pay it the same!