Originally Posted by
LesBesTes
No, not at all. My point was simply that the small size of the airline and their even smaller presence in the Hawaiian market makes them less likely to have alternatives available to their passengers when things go wrong. Given that this is Alaska's last flight of the day out of Kona to ANY destination (as opposed to other airlines who have redeyes to LAX and SFO and the like), it is a risky flight to take. Other airlines with larger flight choices in this market might have been able to get a replacement crew there more quickly.
Just because UA has more flights including red-eyes to both LAX and SFO doesn't mean they have extra crews sitting on the beach at Waikoloa, or even Waikiki for that matter, waiting for a gig. Still not sure what your concern is. You were accommodated on other flights, which is exactly what UA, AA or DL would have done.