Originally Posted by
CyFo145
Yeah Alaska name staying? I swear these journalist are so short sighted, just cause the name was out longer it would stay? i doubt it. Good luck when half the carribean and Latam blue cities see a airplane with the name "Alaska" with an eskimo painted on it, Last thing they would think it Yeah thats the airplane from Bogota to Fort Lauderdale?
I think us jaded pilots are too close to this "Eskimo" problem to see it clearly. For example, "the Eskimo would never succeed in Hawaii," right? The flying public doesn't care about Barbara Bush on our tail.
They would select Norwegian to go from LAX to Singapore or Tokyo if it were cheaper. Point, compare, click. Discriminating frequent travelers will probably ditch Virgin for Jet Blue or Delta based on merits of the Alaska product. But the Eskimo wont be a deterrent while people and searching the web for fares.