Have commuted from ANC to SEA, PDX and LAX….requires a different strategy for sure. Horizon has opened and closed flying and bases in Alaska before. They could not staff it. Q400 worked fine but Horizon just has no experience at operating outside of their norm. They still try to run things as though they are an airline. Gets in the way of staffing and costs. I hope for their sake they pare down to just pilots, fa’s, mechanics and dispatchers. Alaska Airlines is reluctant to force that change for historical reasons but it really needs to happen for them to get their game going.