Originally Posted by ASemp

As an Alaska employee, I can say that over 8,000 people are affected by these changes. Even worse, one of the new (contracted) rampers "bumped" into a plane with a tow and that took the plane out of service for the better part of a year. I feel awful because a couple of routes are now canceled for the next two weeks. Most routes are sold out for the weekends and thousands are inconvenienced. They can get a refund, but they can't get a good fare on another airline because the fares are too high this late in the game. Even worse, the 4th of July weekend is coming up and there is nothing to reaccomodate passengers on. Whatever they get, they get.

I've never seen it this bad before.