This is a challenging environment even we were in a good place contractually….. so many structural changes papered over and bs’d their way out of, but the fact that they refuse to fix the one literally laid right in front of them…. One where they could immediately get some good will, have pilots chipping in a little here and there, helping recruit, PR, etc….. and yet…. It’s just “nope….. one more officer level exec and ambiguous bromides oughta do the trick!!””

Will’s response was pretty epic. Will McQuillen, chair of the Alaska Airlines council for the Air Line Pilots Association union, said the problems run deeper than the calendar.

“I gotta tell you, there’s a month-to-month transition, literally every month,” he said.