Originally Posted by
AKCattleCarrier
"tell me you know nothing about HI flying" / "Tactical Operations" ....here it is again from a HA pilots. They seem to think that the inter-island is somehow a special operation. WE DO THE EXACT SAME THING RIGHT NOW. We do it everyday up and down SE Alaska, short hops, worse weather, more mountains, lots more snow, lots of wind, lots of freight, etc. Its literally the exact same thing, and it is roped into the non-SE AK 737 route structure all over the place. We don't have a seperate fleet dedicated to that flying. Is there some reason why the exact same concept can't work out there? It is what Alaska knows and it works. Pretty soon a 737 will go SEA - HNL, and instead of turning around and coming back to the west coast, it will turn and do 3-4 (5? yikes) stops inter-island, and then turn it to come back to the west coast.
Originally Posted by
PineappleXpres
Im sorry, but do you have competition with a race to the bottom mentality in SE Alaska? Are you competing for customers in said area?
It is
literally not the same thing. Looks like 2 dailys out of Yakutat, Wrangell, etc., not 22. None of which seem to connect to banks of widebody arrivals from Japan, Korea, Philippines, Australia, China... And oh yeah, US mainland. (Also looks like fares are around $500, not $80. Something else to look forward to). I sure hope the other commenters are correct that this poster represents a minority mindset at Alaska.
Nobody doubts the professionalism and dedication of the AS crews up there and the challenging operation. Comparing the operational requirements of two daily ops with 50 minute ground times to 170 flights connecting to multiple networks spanning 12 time zones (while keeping fares under $100) is just weird.