I Am Alaska

Roger Roger said:
Naw, they're gonna get the Zulu. Works ok most of the time but I would imagine the 26 is nice when there's that wall at the cut but downtown is ok. Oh wait, there's no such thing as microclimates and the ATIS is never incorrect.
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I'd imagine they already have it, but it needs more than the 19-x jepp pictures to fly it.
 
I'm far from experienced enough in any world to comment on "what's hard" in a OMGjet or to pretend I have any inkling of the politics behind any of this. I could pretend, like most people, but I don't even know what's hard in a Juneau-based 207 yet.

I've got no dog in this fight. I just hope that Delta is as cool to us about JS as AS is, and that the lower rates that competition brings allow more of my friends and family to come visit. ^.^

Can't we all just A: get along, B: see what happens first without trying to get our name in the pot for "told you so" credit, C: recognize that, even if Delta has teething pains during the first season of bringing in their nice, slow 757s, they'll almost certainly get it sorted out regardless? I mean, it's not like they've never serviced Juneau before. I hear they're willing to accept a 35% diversion rate initially... and I imagine that if they're willing to commit the resources to solve the problem they will solve the problem.

Now about all the LLWS products designed around AS 737s and how they'll relate to the 757s, I have no idea. To this ignorant fox, Alaska does appear, on the surface, to have some relatively unique challenges... but I also imagine Delta's ops department is a behemoth with the ability to quickly computer generate a set of approaches and special criteria for test-flying and (eventually) approval.

This whole thing reminds me of the old days of inter-service rivalries. Amusing, useful for espirit de corps, useful when competing for the same funding base, but really, at the end of the day, a sideshow irrelevant to the task at hand.

~Fox
PS. I have to admit a bit of loyalty to AS after how well they treated me while jumpseating. Just seem like exceptionally nice people all around.
 
Fox- I think your jumpseating experience will be different on delta than it has been on Alaska. I am always grateful for a ride. A different experience for sure though.
 
Acrofox said:
I'm far from experienced enough in any world to comment on "what's hard" in a OMGjet or to pretend I have any inkling of the politics behind any of this. I could pretend, like most people, but I don't even know what's hard in a Juneau-based 207 yet.

I've got no dog in this fight. I just hope that Delta is as cool to us about JS as AS is, and that the lower rates that competition brings allow more of my friends and family to come visit. ^.^

Can't we all just A: get along, B: see what happens first without trying to get our name in the pot for "told you so" credit, C: recognize that, even if Delta has teething pains during the first season of bringing in their nice, slow 757s, they'll almost certainly get it sorted out regardless? I mean, it's not like they've never serviced Juneau before. I hear they're willing to accept a 35% diversion rate initially... and I imagine that if they're willing to commit the resources to solve the problem they will solve the problem.

Now about all the LLWS products designed around AS 737s and how they'll relate to the 757s, I have no idea. To this ignorant fox, Alaska does appear, on the surface, to have some relatively unique challenges... but I also imagine Delta's ops department is a behemoth with the ability to quickly computer generate a set of approaches and special criteria for test-flying and (eventually) approval.

This whole thing reminds me of the old days of inter-service rivalries. Amusing, useful for espirit de corps, useful when competing for the same funding base, but really, at the end of the day, a sideshow irrelevant to the task at hand.

~Fox
PS. I have to admit a bit of loyalty to AS after how well they treated me while jumpseating. Just seem like exceptionally nice people all around.
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Looking at Juneau on Google Earth, I believe the Alaska hype about Juneau is the approach into runway 26? Delta does fly to Quito, San Jose, Costa Rica, Aspen, Tegucigalpa etc.
 
Seggy said:
I think there is some VERY stiff competition for @Minuteman on the 'funniest pictures on the internet' award from Forgot to Bid.

At least @PeanuckleCRJ knows what I am talking about.
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You know it!
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Trip7 said:
Looking at Juneau on Google Earth, I believe the Alaska hype about Juneau is the approach into runway 26? Delta does fly to Quito, San Jose, Costa Rica, Aspen, Tegucigalpa etc.
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No... NO NO NO. None of those are anywhere near the level of flying into Juno.

Because Alaska.

There be monsters and curious pointy things with white stuff on them. None of which similar exist anywhere on Urth:

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ASpilot2be said:
I see home! I miss Southeast. :(
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From down in Point Baker to Little Goat Lake, from Paradise Falls to the Icy Strait; from Spaulding Meadows and the ice fields beyond way down to Hawk Inlet and Frederick Sound. Barlow and Sisters and Kittens and Couverdens; Lincon and Benjamin and Sullaven and Kennsington, from the S-turns to the Herbert and the Mendenhall, too... all of these places are missing you!

~Fox
 
Acrofox said:
From down in Point Baker to Little Goat Lake, from Paradise Falls to the Icy Strait; from Spaulding Meadows and the ice fields beyond way down to Hawk Inlet and Frederick Sound. Barlow and Sisters and Kittens and Couverdens; Lincon and Benjamin and Sullaven and Kennsington, from the S-turns to the Herbert and the Mendenhall, too... all of these places are missing you!

~Fox
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From the 50's.
 
Acrofox said:
From down in Point Baker to Little Goat Lake, from Paradise Falls to the Icy Strait; from Spaulding Meadows and the ice fields beyond way down to Hawk Inlet and Frederick Sound. Barlow and Sisters and Kittens and Couverdens; Lincon and Benjamin and Sullaven and Kennsington, from the S-turns to the Herbert and the Mendenhall, too... all of these places are missing you!

~Fox
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I miss southeast.
 
Dugie8 said:
(honestly, I accept that there are only about three people out of 24,000-plus that are nerdy enough to understand the above reference)
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Make it four.

But anyway...ALK has it soft. Back in the day, if you angered NorthernJets, you'd find yourself faced with hourly 747 service until you cried !no mas!.

Richman
 
Richman said:
Make it four.

But anyway...ALK has it soft. Back in the day, if you angered NorthernJets, you'd find yourself faced with hourly 747 service until you cried !no mas!.

Richman
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True that. I remember a tiff with Midwest Express in MKE.
 
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