It’s all part of Alaska’s plan to kill VX and strong-arm QX with OO.
VX made money in NYC and DAL. How do they kill it? Buget cuts, closing the NYC base, and see how VX pax like flying on OO. Among other things, like putting then Airbus fleet on routes that don’t perform to skew the numbers.
AS already contracted 35 175s with OO. The fact that AS can’t offer the same to their only WO should speak volumes. Nobody should be able to justify QX getting less than their fair share.