What's happening at Horizon and Jets?
#116
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Position: A321 - 39E
Posts: 312
Once upon a time wasn't their talk of expanding the ANC base to do more SE Alaska flying? That whole segment of QX seems very disconnected from the rest except for what I hear from junior CA's that started up there. Maybe just another thing like base closures that has been tabled amidst the current jet discussion?
#117
Works Every Weekend
Joined APC: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,210
Once upon a time wasn't their talk of expanding the ANC base to do more SE Alaska flying? That whole segment of QX seems very disconnected from the rest except for what I hear from junior CA's that started up there. Maybe just another thing like base closures that has been tabled amidst the current jet discussion?
#118
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Posts: 216
When I was hired in early 2014, there was a lot of discussion that QX was going to be used to replace the Alaska 737-400 combis on a lot of flying, and the ANC base would expand, but all of that has clearly been put on the back burner, and ANC has had no new flying for something like a year now.
Most of that is probably down to the uncertainty being introduced by contract negotiations and possible fleet changes (or downsizing), but I'd bet that the drop in fuel prices, Q400 reliability issues, and tendency to "bulk out" with the two free bags up there probably encouraged Alaska to keep some 737's on routes that might have gone to QX otherwise.
Most of that is probably down to the uncertainty being introduced by contract negotiations and possible fleet changes (or downsizing), but I'd bet that the drop in fuel prices, Q400 reliability issues, and tendency to "bulk out" with the two free bags up there probably encouraged Alaska to keep some 737's on routes that might have gone to QX otherwise.
#119
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Position: A321 - 39E
Posts: 312
When I was hired in early 2014, there was a lot of discussion that QX was going to be used to replace the Alaska 737-400 combis on a lot of flying, and the ANC base would expand, but all of that has clearly been put on the back burner, and ANC has had no new flying for something like a year now.
Most of that is probably down to the uncertainty being introduced by contract negotiations and possible fleet changes (or downsizing), but I'd bet that the drop in fuel prices, Q400 reliability issues, and tendency to "bulk out" with the two free bags up there probably encouraged Alaska to keep some 737's on routes that might have gone to QX otherwise.
Most of that is probably down to the uncertainty being introduced by contract negotiations and possible fleet changes (or downsizing), but I'd bet that the drop in fuel prices, Q400 reliability issues, and tendency to "bulk out" with the two free bags up there probably encouraged Alaska to keep some 737's on routes that might have gone to QX otherwise.
Yep that sounds about right. The freight issue alone is problematic. The Q400 sucks for passengers down here, I imagine it only sucks more for them up here. What do you do way up north when it drops below -36C?!
#120
ANC rarely gets that cold. At Hageland, I believe our cut off is -40 for the 1900s. What will they replace the combis with then? Ejets??
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