Originally Posted by
JLTD
....Interesting thought - "what if" it's a planned failure in the Lower 48 so that they can go back to their bread and butter AK operation.
It's probably not anything more sinister than a basic bait & switch combined with the fact that pilots' skills and experience aren't very portable, aka "standard industry briefing." The willingness of people to throw good years after bad is what keeps these places afloat.