Originally Posted by
trentonl
The realities of this all Q400 thing is starting to sink in. I'm a regular PDX-SFO commuter (AS2507), and with the CJRs out of the picture, would United and Alaska be the only other carriers offering jet service to SFO? I'd have to think that more than a few business travelers would opt for 737s, even at a premium.
Personally, I have no problem with Q400, but I prefer the CRJs for purely emotional reasons: the view is better and it's darn quiet in 2A.
*trenton
If I remember correctly, the SFO airport authority bans the parking of propeller-driven aircraft at all there terminals with the exception of a single small concourse existing for that purpose (which happens to be used for OO E-120s D/B/A United Express). The concourse in question is clear in the opposite side of the "term-o-plex" from where AS is located.
Some questions AAG needs to answer: does AAG convince UA to give up some gates and use Q400s to PDX et al whilst splitting AAG presence at SFO, or does AS convert all PDX-SFO ops to mainline. AS better be careful about not cutting capacity and frequency too severely because there is a certain start up based in SFO which has indicated that PDX is on their "first five years of operation" list of expansion cities.
~FAI PDX Flyer
