Originally Posted by
9mikemike
That is rich.....Not even in the ballpark but rich....We have absolutely no voice in what decisions Alaska Airlines makes relating to contracted flying....Of course people spout off and tell tall tales but swaying executive leadership in how they manage their contracted flying or who they choose to hire to do their contracted flying....Not a chance....When it is not your paint job or name on the side of your airplane you kinda go and do what the airline says.....
Well, you can believe whatever you want, it's all water under the bridge at this point. AS management never intended to launch a fleet with the closest maintenance base 1000 miles away, especially when the plane breaks down every other leg.
They wanted it, they didn't get it. You'd have to ask the AS mechanics how it went down up there.