Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Where was this argument for the past 60 years? Like it or not, the airlines evolved into what the NMB views as tiers.
For perspective, fifty years ago, AS had only 135 pilots. In 2013, yes, 2013, only three years before they bought VX, they had only 1400 pilots. To quote this 2013 NY Times article,
"Alaska Airlines is puny compared to the major carriers: it has 124 planes, while United Airlines has more than 700 and four times as many passengers".
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/b...ubles.amp.html