Originally Posted by Going2Baja

AK Mngt says they are NOT interested but they also do what's best for the Board and the Stock Holders, not the employees - So who knows. For the right amount I believe they would grab it w/ open arms.

I'm more worried about the SLI.

Baja.

Originally Posted by FIIGMO

Naw it will be easy! 737 only and relative seniority thats it!

Originally Posted by firstmob

You could pick up Hawaiian for less than 300 mil, while Alaskan Air is approx 3.3 BIL

Originally Posted by Roadkill

Who can tell me about "carry-out" trips, specifically how they can change them and BEND U OVER?
I had a nice trip that went into Mar, that ended with a DH in a close spot to home that allowed me to DH/commute directly home at a good time to make it to kid's events that day. It also ended with a layover in a city I wanted.

I just logged in and it now has the last day of trip, in Mar, laying over somewhere crappy, and the trip flying back to the base (so no deviate DH straight home, which is why I wanted it), and it gets in later.

Is this just the risk of accepting a carry-out trip? I feel kinda boofed here, there were several trips that came through Open time that would have been better than this, if I had known it would be changed...

Comments, while we wait for the bid package to show up via backdoor?

Originally Posted by DeadHead

I'm at the point now where I just ask the captain before I turn the beacon on. I honestly could give a crap seeing as the extra minute I am trying to cheat the company on probably doesn't count seeing as most of our flights are scheduled overblock anyway.

I'll go out on a limb here and say that most of us are sick and tired of a constantly changing, dynamic block out time policy. (No later than D-0, no more than D-5, but not before Pre-Pushback Message, and only before the WDR, but, now, only when the aircraft is about to move imminently, hard focus on imminently/no standing definition of imminently).
Standing by for a flow chart........



I think the next big step is going to be towards reducing those scheduled block times, but make no mistake here gentlemen this is about cost reduction nothing more, nothing less. If they can improve the "latency" on the front end, then shaving off block times will follow without effecting our on time performance.

If the 4th floor wonder-kin can find a way to shave 5 minutes off of a majority of our flight block times, then that would translate to a significant cost savings from a labor standpoint. Just my two cents here, but I think that is the long term strategy. Just as they are looking at reducing the actual difference between transmitted block out time versus actual pushback, they are also looking at the difference between scheduled block time versus actual average block time.

Originally Posted by firstmob

You could pick up Hawaiian for less than 300 mil, while Alaskan Air is approx 3.3 BIL

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Interesting chart. My understanding is Delta pulled a lot more in January 13.