Alaska Nonrev

[bp]

Is it really that uncommon industry wide for commuting pilots to have higher priority than leisure travel?

id say yeah its pretty uncommon, never even heard of that before

 

[ChasenSFO]

id say yeah its pretty uncommon, never even heard of that before

Well, the idea behind UA employees going from some small number of SA01V vacation passes to like 11 of them or whatever was meant to help out commuters, especially those who were getting bumped by SkyWest employees back when stuff like SEA/PDX-SFO/LAX and SFO-SAN and the like was flown by lots of 50-66 seat RJs right when CO came to town and turned UA around. I recall that 100% of UA service at the time of the merger was Shuttle America E170s or something like that. No fun for mainline commuters when rampers with a 2 week date of hire keep taking the last seat. The lasting effect is there are so many passes for non-commuters who only use them for upgrades on pleasure flights that it is very hard to get Polaris on a lot of routes without using one of those passes. A lot of flights from Asia will have a standby list of 60+ where almost everyone is dumping one lol even tho coach has like 150 open.

 

[roundout]

Just checking in on this thread from row 32 of an Alaskan jet. Thanks for the Stumptown!

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Just checking in on this thread from row 32 of an Alaskan jet. Thanks for the Stumptown!

Apologies

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Not having a jumpseat reservation system is just uncivilized.

“Even Spirit…”

 

[Soku39]

This entire thread is really making me appreciate AA jumpseat res and D2 system. I mean I always have, but its a good rehack.

 

[H46Bubba]

I'll keep this info for possible future use. I turned down the job offer at Alaska.

 

[///AMG]

Just checking in on this thread from row 32 of an Alaskan jet. Thanks for the Stumptown!

You're welcome for our service

 

[killbilly]

“Even Spirit…”

We have to list as non revs and then gate agents sort it all out. It’s maddening.

 

[phill1174]

We have to list as non revs and then gate agents sort it all out. It’s maddening.

That sounds fun especially when most stations are outsourced. At that point I’d imagine you’re hoping you get a supervisor or the agent is well trained.