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08-04-2018, 10:23 PM

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waterboy

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Originally Posted by ASpilot0936

What else can it be? Watch the MEC video sent yesterday. Pulling back & handing your competitors your market share? Makes you more attractive for a buyout so brad & ben can get their parachutes.

Thoughts?

Because the ALA MEC believes our management is inept, you think ALK is on the selling block? I dont think anything is in works for an merger/acquisition announcement anytime soon. I think all this M&A talk is strictly hope by people who hate it here.

08-05-2018, 07:40 AM

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I'm calling it. We're geting bought.

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Originally Posted by waterboy

I think all this M&A talk is strictly hope by people who hate it here.

I agree. It’s all just wishful thinking because there is no direction at the top of this company. With the recent email this morning blaming everything on the Airbus and ALPA, it makes me hate this place even more. Instead of running an airline, they want to blame others for problems they created.

08-05-2018, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by flysnoopy76

Seems like the talk of buyouts and future mergers are mostly confined to the Alaska forum, don’t see anything else other than a JetBlue and frontier thread anywhere. Makes me think the talk of a new buyout / merger is mostly hopeful thinking by a lot of us, at least at this point.

Although the talk has died down and pilot hiring continues, there was this...

Southwest Hiring Freeze?

08-05-2018, 10:05 AM

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They had a 2 week pause... for administrative hires. Sounds like they are still hiring 750+ this year and no plans to slow.

If anyone has slowed hiring for now, it’s DL... but with their growth in SEA there’s no reason for them to consider AS.

08-05-2018, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by OCCP

With the recent email this morning blaming everything on the Airbus and ALPA........

I thought the same thing.. The Airbus was reliable for the 10 years we had them and now suddenly they're not?

08-05-2018, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Mea25000

Armchair Quarterbacks... I honestly think B and B are playing an incredible hand of poker. I think the outcome might just surprise you. Fly the jet and enjoy.

On the other hand CY an JW looked pretty silly in there little claim to video fame. I don’t think I have ever listened to more words that told me nothing... I think those faces should stick to radio. That was embarrassing!

Can we stop calling it “The Jet?” This isn’t the dawn of the ”Jet Age.” Everyone operates jets now.

If the incredible hand of poker involves ****ing everyone off, they are doing a superb job. The only outcome that would be positive is merging or getting bought by another airline.

I think the MEC speaks for most of us, what they said is exactly what most of us think. Can't wait for the upcoming initiatives that the union is working on for the pilots!

08-05-2018, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by waterboy

Not saying the video is any indication of being bought, however if we do get bought, hind sight would make it comedically obvious that they were doing things to align the chips to be sold. Too many odd things going on right now. 100% freeze on any Airbus improvements and paint, a general lack of mx upkeep, the closing of JFK, hiring freeze etc. I think they are getting the PNL in line to look good to a potential buyer. For a company that has been around 87 years I never never been less confident in our collective future.

08-05-2018, 01:25 PM

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[QUOTE=Beta82;2649425]Can we stop calling it “The Jet?” This isn’t the dawn of the ”Jet Age.” Everyone operates jets now.

Well the 737/320's are jets. Welcome aboard. It's an Alaska thing. As far as getting bought, if it happens we'll read it in the paper like everyone else. Relax fly the "jet", and fly the contract. Everything else will work it's self out.

08-05-2018, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetlife

Too many odd things going on right now. 100% freeze on any Airbus improvements and paint, a general lack of mx upkeep, the closing of JFK, hiring freeze etc.

I wonder if they aren't getting ready to offload the bus fleet? Rumor has it that another legacy is shopping around for more of them.

08-05-2018, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuckie

I wonder if they aren't getting ready to offload the bus fleet? Rumor has it that another legacy is shopping around for more of them.

I can say, because I have heard the powers that control this say that United would take all the leases tomorrow if they could...

That is a very real possibility. But the more VX stuff they divest and get rid of, you have to scratch your head more and more at what they actually bought. 4 billion dollars to close a base, get rid of a modern airline culture, give up gates to regional flying, AND give up a fleet of aircraft? Presumably giving up the staffing levels to go along with it? I think this was a core frustration with the group and was echoed in the MEC video. What is the plan? Like really, what is the plan here? Give us something real...