Originally Posted by socalgecko

Just came back from their first flights to OGG and had an equally wonderful experience, though we were in MCS outbound and MC on the way back. FYI, the VX ground crew in Hawaii are actually contracted HA staff (at least for the time being) which may explain why they're throwing so much aloha at the travelers. I spoke with one of them for awhile and it sounds like Hawaiian is actually happy to see them running these routes. She said the way they figure, VX is going to poach flyers from other airlines but not as much from HA.