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Old 06-14-2018 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Ala5ka
Fact, I know several guys that commute from Tennessee, Georgia, and NC on the vx side and all have said there has been exactly zero advertising and few have ever heard of alaska in their hometowns.
Exactly. And I wondered why at first. But, kinda like hearing the term “flying southeast” over and over and realizing they actually meant southeast Alaska, not Valdosta, GA, I realized that when they say they want to be “the West Coast” airline, they don’t mean we want to be a national airline BASED out of the West Coast, what they really mean is they wanna be a regional airline who reaches out and and touches East coast cities. So, from Alaska’s perspective Boston, JFK, ATL, BNA etc is to Alaska management what Madrid, Heathrow, and Paris are to the majors. It’s like self-imposed domestic cabotage rules.
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