WutFace

You guys suck at math. Parking planes and replacing them is still parking planes. All those aircraft could have been IN ADDITION to the existing fleet.

But no, AS is going to spend the next decade wasting a tremendous amount of capital and opportunity cost to stay the same size it is today.

So yes, AS is parking planes. Don't ever use this spin again.

KnockKnock

You know full well these are two completely different arguments. One is of decreasing total mainline aircraft at the cost of parking the Airbus and the other is of growing mainline aircraft in addition to keeping the Airbus. There isn’t one pilot on property that wants to see the Airbus go away and there most definitely isn’t one who wants to see them go away without replacing it with something else. You’re purposefully twisting the two together to fit your anti AS sentiment. We may as well argue that they replace them with 777X’s from here on out and anyone who doesn’t see this as reality is a company stooge. Some guys are off arguing which a/c better than the other which is a completely worthless way to spend ones time. Why do you insist that anyone is hoping our company shrinks or stagnates? How does that benefit anyone?

SeaRider

Thank you! This has always baffled me. It’s like the Boeing fan boys would rather have a stagnant airline than operate the bus. Why do people hate the bus so much? I just don’t get it.

Several ULCC’s operate the bus very profitably. If AS management can’t figure it out, that’s on them. Personally, I’d take the growth all day long. Wasn’t that the point of acquiring VX anyway?




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Ala5ka

That’s what they claimed but in reality it was a kill job in order to prevent jet blue and VX from becoming another formidable opponent to as. They now are shrinking back to whats comfortable for them which is literally only Washington State and Oregon.

They could have bought Vx and ran with the acquired growth and added organic growth into the mix to become an actual airline with a real route structure. Instead the credit card company that flies a few planes known has Alaska airlines tanked a massive opportunity and cowers away in hiding until the next kill job will need to come in order to survive. My monies on Hawaiian as both will be hurting from Southwest... although the smartest play would be a three way merger of AS B6 and HA but that would be way too much to handle for the brilliant minds in Seattle.

NewGuy01

A “hip” West Coast vibe?

Which is apparently a major factor in AS not getting trounced in Hawaii. Now I’m even more scared for my future than before.


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echelon

For the love of god, can we leave the market planning and number crunching to the people who's job that is, and get back to complaining about what actually sucks here on a day to day, and I do mean EVERY day, basis? I have NEVER in my life seen schedules that are such a heaped and steaming coil of 6am reports, 1159pm finishes with two days off and then another 6am report, 6 day blocks, two on two off two on two off, etc. We truly live to work now at this airline.

Who gives two ******** about what SWA is doing? I already know I would rather work there than here for a lot of reasons, not least of which is their likely continued success, but the most pressing of which is definitely the fact that my life has been ruined by Alaska's crappy trips and their archaic line bidding.

ShyGuy

Some of these attacks against the Boeing side guys are downright embarrassing. We're one pilot group, attacking the other side won't make any positive difference for Section 25 or Contract 2020.

PNWFlyer

Rapid growth is dangerous. We are getting rid of unfavorable lease rates. No one said SWA was stupid for selling their 717s to Delta. Single fleet types are more profitable for airlines of our size.

Why is anyone worried? If our mangement is wrong and we fail we get bought. Since we have the worst contact in the industry, the company that buys us is bound to have a better one. Enjoy the ride.

Baradium

Your ranking doesn't really make sense since the 757s have the same interiors as the 737s if you're working at the only operator that has those and A220s...

Since no one asked, as I was trying to just be a lurker this time... were they already on the aircraft when the FA had to reassure them it was a Boeing?

WhaleSurfing

Did you ask any SWA or Trannies. I'm pretty sure many of them thought it was stupid.