Originally Posted by
PurringRaccoon
From the town hall yesterday
1. Expecting 50 new hires for the rest of the year
2. 717 replacement will not be regional jet - will be flown by mainline jet (still loooking for suitable candidates) 3-5 years left on 717 usage (again lol).
3. Inter island overnights are staying for now.
4. Airbuses are here to stay.
5. Widebody fleet & routes will likely grow in the future. Alaska wants international expansion.
6. No plans for Seattle base for Hawaiian pilots.
7. "Hawaiian" Callsign uncertain. (prob gonna go away)
So far - I'm liking what I'm hearing
.... except #7
They might want to talk to Ben about number 6. He has stated that the 787 is going to be a Seattle airplane I'm just hoping they displace the 787 to Seattle before SLI, otherwise our pilots are going to be competing with Alaska pilots when the displacements come.
The 330 also likely has more route cuts coming to Hawaii. Just about none of the international routes have good load factors, they can probably make a lot more money basing it out of Seattle and flying the international routes that they want to out of there.