QX cutting flights due to pilot shortage
#406
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: AS MVP, Marriott Platinum
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Representatives say newly hired pilots currently being trained to fly Q400 turboprop aircraft should graduate by the end of the year and allow the regional carrier to return to its normal schedule, which mostly offers shorter flights throughout the Pacific Northwest.
#407
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
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Interesting bit in the O article:
Welcome to FT Whowouldanewman!
People wanting to take short hops, say between Portland and Medford, can be rebooked from a nonstop flight to another carrier
#408
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Portland, Oregon
Programs: Hilton Platinum, Alaska MVP Gold
Posts: 2,363
#409
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, HH Gold, SPG/Marriott Plat, and a bunch of other stuff I guess
Posts: 41
I read it as "how have the QX cancellations affected your future plans and/or loyalty to AS?" OP, please correct if I am wrong. Makes sense to me to have a thread for that specifically, and the other thread for discussing the direct operational impact.
That said... for what it's worth, since I took a new job I have been MVPG on AS the past two years, and been caught in this mess like so many others. Twice this fall I've had to rebook after a cancellation, and two other times I've ended up booking another airline because the only AS flights that worked were cancelled or full. Between that and the loss of partnerships I am on the fence about going for the Delta Skymiles status match.
EUG is a similar situation to MFR at this point. I think DL has decided they'll try to eat AS's lunch and have started EUG-SEA as well - hence they are gaining market share like crazy while Alaska is losing. I like AS a lot but they really, really need to do better.
That said... for what it's worth, since I took a new job I have been MVPG on AS the past two years, and been caught in this mess like so many others. Twice this fall I've had to rebook after a cancellation, and two other times I've ended up booking another airline because the only AS flights that worked were cancelled or full. Between that and the loss of partnerships I am on the fence about going for the Delta Skymiles status match.
EUG is a similar situation to MFR at this point. I think DL has decided they'll try to eat AS's lunch and have started EUG-SEA as well - hence they are gaining market share like crazy while Alaska is losing. I like AS a lot but they really, really need to do better.
#411
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Location: Los Angeles
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Article from OregonLive today seems a bit optimistic in calling for relief by end of year:
http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/ind...art_river_home
http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/ind...art_river_home
#412
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Benicia CA
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold 75K, AA 3.8MM, UA 1.1MM, enjoying the retired life
Posts: 31,849
Do any of the major carriers have an interline agreement with Southwest? I've never seen AA or UA reroute passengers over to Southwest, so I'd be surprised if Alaska/Horizon has an agreement to do that. It's just Southwest's way of doing business.
#413
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Hayden Lake, ID
Programs: AS MVPG 75K, DL Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 102
God, it worse than I thought. 33 in one day?
I've only had four flights cancelled, but look at us - saying only four - and trading ideas about how to reroute. Isn't it pathetic that we are all having to find ways to work around this mess?
Why don't they just not sell tickets for flights if they don't plan to fly them? (I know, they were booked moths ago, like mine) Just so frustrated and disappointed in them.
This will likely cause me to fall short of my segments for 75K... I wonder if they care enough to make any accommodations for that?
Is anyone from AS listening/watching?
I've only had four flights cancelled, but look at us - saying only four - and trading ideas about how to reroute. Isn't it pathetic that we are all having to find ways to work around this mess?
Why don't they just not sell tickets for flights if they don't plan to fly them? (I know, they were booked moths ago, like mine) Just so frustrated and disappointed in them.
This will likely cause me to fall short of my segments for 75K... I wonder if they care enough to make any accommodations for that?
Is anyone from AS listening/watching?
#414
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
The newly graduating pilots will cover Q400 routes, but they're also cancelling E175 routes - are they using E175s to cover some routes that would normally be Q400 and they'll restore them when they have the Q400 pilots, or do they have a shortage with the E175s, too, and it's just been lower profile?
#415
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Bay Area, CA
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AS did that for me years ago on a cancel. Not sure if they still do that, but it's doable.
#416
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: Alaska Airlines MVP Gold 75K
Posts: 475
Same here. It took some "discussion" with the CS rep and it helps that I've been 75K for over 10 years but they did it.
#419
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,838
From my email archive:
"2010 also saw the launch of the new MVP Gold 75K tier. For those who have reached, or will soon reach, this status — congratulations! If not, we still greatly appreciate your business and will continue to offer you all the benefits you currently enjoy."
"2010 also saw the launch of the new MVP Gold 75K tier. For those who have reached, or will soon reach, this status — congratulations! If not, we still greatly appreciate your business and will continue to offer you all the benefits you currently enjoy."
#420
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
I don’t believe you can be qualified to fly both aircraft at the same time, unless they’re from the same “family” (ie 737NG/MAX, 757/767, A319/20/21 etc).