From JL just now.
Fellow Alaska Pilots,

Over the past few months, there has been a lot of speculation and many questions on the future of our NYC pilot base, and I want to thank you for your patience as we worked behind the scenes to ensure a thorough, comprehensive analysis was conducted.

This afternoon I reached out to our NYC based pilots to inform them that after an extensive financial analysis, the business decision has been made to close the pilot base on September 1, 2018.

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