ANC, PDX, and LAX have no real voting rights. PDX will side with SEA. That leaves ANC and LAX, the two powerless red headed step children. It's called block representation. Things aren't going to change. It'll only get worse. Not pessimism, just the facts. Enjoy the honeymoon while it lasts. With mergers on the horizon, things will get very interesting. Just my guess and I hope I'm dead wrong.

So far funniest guy on this thread...If you read it in the "Archer" voice it gets even better

"Beginning in 2017, Alaska sees the potential to increase the number of 76-seat jets in its fleet by 30 aircraft over a five-year period. These jets will be used to strengthen and grow Alaska’s network to more mid-continent markets that are too long-haul for the Q400 and too thin in demand to fill a 737. Horizon will have the first opportunity to compete for this new flying."

......and Skywest et al will be sitting by idly..... Let the silly games begin!

An old fart (one of those I got mine types) once told me, "scope ain't worth the paper it's written on". The $hit is accelerating towards the fan. Seriously, folks?

I got that same "scope ain't worth the paper it's written on" quote from a number of not-so-old captains. Makes me wonder if they are fed that stuff in those fourth stripe classes?

In the left seat and with a little seniority, too many guys forget what it was like jerking gear at half the pay. Besides, Alaskan has the weakest pilot group on earth. True colors come out eventually.

As a QX person, if my job is going to go away due to attempts at cutting costs... it sure would be nice if it was those at Alaska doing the flying instead of continued bloating of the SkyWest "regional" flying. (Seattle-Milwaukee? What region is that, North America?)

Every other major airline that has a regional partner has better scope protection. I wonder why that is?

Its just 45 175s for the "Long Thin Routes".

Just looking for one example of a "thin route" that was eventually up gauged to a larger aircraft....

Anyone?


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Alaskan Air is slated to have 150 B737s by 2017. 45 RJs flying around in Alaskan colors is quite a big number for such an insignificant airline. That's 30% of airgroup's flying. Alaskan will be the first airline industry's "Uber" - eskUber!

To the fools who thought scope wasn't worth the paper it was written on...this joke is on you! Now AAG will get all the shiny RJs they want before the contract is even amendable. Wonder why scope was a hard "no" by the company in the last negotiation...