Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 1612564)

The threat of earthquakes helps keep the riff raff out. And by riff raff I mean anyone east of Palm Springs and north of Eureka. :)

:D Good one! The OC is the place to be or the surrounding cities!! ;)

Originally Posted by Wilbur Wright (Post 1612585)

I'm always in favor of more money and more time off, but to be clear, we already have a 5th week of vacation after 19 years of service. I wonder how long it takes the other employees to get the 5th week?

Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 1612521)

As far as I know, a customs facility is supposed to be built beneath the A gates and we are going to get quite a few a gates. I think the 5 year plan includes what you are talking about with regards to expanding A concourse. Also include is either a tunnel or a bridge connecting A and S.

Denny

Originally Posted by Big E 757 (Post 1612455)

And, by putting pressure on their market share, their share price goes down and we buy them at a discount.

I still think Hawaiian makes more sense. If we are worried about the Narita hub losing its strategic advantage, wouldn't Hawaii and some more heavies make for an ideal staging area for overflights into Asia? Not to mention the route authority Hawaiian has to all those Asian cities. (Although we probably have route authority to those Asian cities we aren't using right now.)

E

Originally Posted by Gearjerk (Post 1612444)

Not only how old, but haven't they hired a significant amount if their seniority list (i.e. 20-25%) in the last six years? :eek:

Originally Posted by Wingnutdal (Post 1612457)

That is a good question. I didn't mean to get a SLI argument going, but maybe an Alaska guy could give us a drive by answer and prevent a lot of speculation.

As far as gates, couldn't they extend out the A gates like they did at T4 at JFK? That would give extra gate space and maybe all of our customers wouldn't have to take the train. I love going out of the B gates there.

Originally Posted by iceman49 (Post 1612554)

RA also thanked ----- people for participating in the annual employee survey that closed over the weekend with more than 55 percent of employee input, and noted the upcoming investing in you rollout that includes a pay increase for nearly all employees and the addition of a 5th week vacation effective April 1.

"You’re doing a great job operating the airline,” he said. “And when you do a great job operating the airline and you treat each other with dignity and respect and you take good care of our customers, we win in the marketplace. When we win in the marketplace, we can invest those wins back in you.”

So are we getting a pay raise and an extra week of vacation?

Originally Posted by LivingTheDream (Post 1612638)

On my way... thanks for the info last Nov... Got cold feet then, but we're on our way now... Now I need to find out where I can get my de rigeur surf lessons!

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1612323)

As an aside, I don't know (based on RA's comments) how Unical can blacken the skies with heavy metal without imploding.

Originally Posted by iceman49 (Post 1612644)

Apparently that benefit and raise was with no form of negotiation....via what are you willing to give up!