Yep. That's what it sounds like.

The retro pay was announced, we still do not have 4.2 as of right now. Still testing.

Horizon management is approx 3 years behind what SkyWest figured out years ago. Remember when Horizon jet pilots won higher wages on the jets? And then the jets went away... Their current problems are a result not investing in pilots and equipment while trying to reap higher profits. Q-400's? Really? You'd be better off flying jets and working for a company that doesnt sell your jets to the competition.

Is BOI really closed? Are those 3 closed for good?

No, there have been no base closures. That post was her personal prediction.

Edited....sometimes my tits get in the way of the keyboard. Blondie mistake.

I think Fly'n Shoe's predictions are reasonable, but I think it's more like:

Serious money is thrown at training pilots... making it rain dollars.

We'll get fewer jets than we hoped for.

More of the Q400's will stay around, just like my beater car...

Some of the bases might eventually close, but I don't expect this to happen for at least a few months. Horizon management has a lot to deal with right now and base realignment could be low priority.

Route structure changes, enhanced by more Skywest flying.

Almost nothing ever happens very fast around here. If Horizon were to start painting animals on their planes like Frontier does, our symbol would be the Great Pacific Northwest yellow-bellied banana slug. Or a glacier. Also, there may be some fallout (for Horizon and Skywest) from the Alaska arbitration. I think this comes out, appropriately enough, just before Halloween.

You are correct in the arbitration. We are seeking to limit all 70/76 seat flying performed by others...Others is defined as any aircraft over which Alaska Airlines/AG has an interest in or operational control over operated by any pilot not on the Alaska Airlines inc. master pilot seniority list. So Horizon/Skywest fall directly in that category and it includes both turbo-prop and turbo-jet aircraft.
It goes without saying that the addition of Alaska Airlines Inc management pilots to the Horizon Air Industries roster will have no immpact on scope negotiations. It is a number one priority for the pilots at Alaska Airlines.

Alaska pilots are smart to limit scope.. only problem is your going into “Arbitration” Alaska wants to be like Delta and United for pay. Guess what. They will be like DL/UA for Scope. That means 200+ 76 seat 175’s running around. Now thats not reality based on Alaskas size. But right now you have 60 total 175’s that will be flying in AS colors...

Thanks for the information. I would really like to see the Alaska pilots get some strong scope protection. I'm not privy to any of the arbitration details, but it does strike me as strange that Horizon has suddenly acquired three Alaska guys in key management positions.