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Old 02-26-2017, 10:00 PM
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I went on a Friday. There were only about 80 or so job seeking pilots there. I came back on Saturday and there were more than 300 pilots waiting in line.
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Old 02-27-2017, 12:35 AM
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I went on a Friday. There were only about 80 or so job seeking pilots there. I came back on Saturday and there were more than 300 pilots waiting in line.
I'm guessing that is because everybody remembers last year when it was the other way around.
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Old 02-27-2017, 05:37 AM
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Has there been any official word from the company on the Virgin America planes?
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Old 02-27-2017, 07:37 AM
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No official word. But if you were an 80+ year old airline afraid of change, what would you do?
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Old 02-27-2017, 08:21 AM
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No official word. But if you were an 80+ year old airline afraid of change, what would you do?
This is so true. It's their chance to grow up and be a real airline. Will they do it?
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Old 02-27-2017, 08:09 PM
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The unoficial word from operations is 3 fold:
1) combination of selling or paying to not receive the 321's
2) Redirect the 320's to a north/ south roll and begin replacing them with 737's
3) Close JFK as a base. Turn it into a focus city.

This from a "senior checkairman" during a line check..couple days ago.
As if they know anything....
 
Old 02-27-2017, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Klsytakesit
The unoficial word from operations is 3 fold:
1) combination of selling or paying to not receive the 321's
2) Redirect the 320's to a north/ south roll and begin replacing them with 737's
3) Close JFK as a base. Turn it into a focus city.

This from a "senior checkairman" during a line check..couple days ago.
As if they know anything....
If this is actually true, it just proves Alaska is and always will be just another regional airline pretending it's something else...
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Old 02-28-2017, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Yetifan
This is so true. It's their chance to grow up and be a real airline. Will they do it?
So by your estimation, Southwest is not a real airline because when they acquired AirTran, they unloaded all of their 717s in favor of continuing to operate a single type - the very same type operated by Alaska.
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Old 02-28-2017, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Klsytakesit

This from a "senior checkairman" during a line check..couple days ago.
As if they know anything....


I've never been one to believe check airman rumors. A lot are just speculation that makes them feel important. I don't think check airman are as in the know as people think.
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Old 02-28-2017, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Reactivity
So by your estimation, Southwest is not a real airline because when they acquired AirTran, they unloaded all of their 717s in favor of continuing to operate a single type - the very same type operated by Alaska.
Southwest is a real airline because they've aggressively grown to over 700 aircraft in 50 years and take care of their pilots. When Alaska decides to actually grow by airframes and not seat count, places those planes at Alaska and not horizon/skywest, and chooses to grow instead of rely on codesharing for 'growth', then they'll be a real airline. Right now they're a glorified travel agent who sells tickets on other airlines, who happens to operate a small handful of a/c regionally in the PNW. If they could get away with it they'd ditch he planes and just sell tickets as long as it brings money in for the investors.
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