October 8, 201213 yr There's a video of the painting of 559AS on the company website. I'm trying to find a public link. Matt Cee
October 9, 201213 yr Author Its alrady on youtube Matt. Search 'Salmon Thirty Salmon II' Peter Osborn
October 9, 201213 yr Its alrady on youtube Matt. Search 'Salmon Thirty Salmon II' Yep, that's the same one. Cool - thanks. Matt Cee
October 10, 201213 yr ETOPS Collins No ISFD Stby RMI SFP 27kB Short field package? Do many of ASA's -800's have that? Steve Caffey
October 10, 201213 yr All but seven of them. It's not like they really need it, most of the routes up here between Alaskan destinations are flown with 400's anyway, haven't flown on anything inside Alaska but these save 1 time in a 700 maybe 5 years ago... but the day will come that the classics will be replaced.
October 10, 201213 yr Alaska uses SFP for the Hawaii routes more than anything, they wouldnt be able to fly in or out of LIH or OGG without it. It also comes into use on the BLI-HNL route. Im sure there are others her who can give more insight, but that was the first couple of things that came to mind. Jacob Fuqua
October 11, 201213 yr It's not like they really need it, most of the routes up here between Alaskan destinations are flown with 400's anyway, haven't flown on anything inside Alaska but these save 1 time in a 700 maybe 5 years ago... but the day will come that the classics will be replaced. Alaska announced today they they're ordering 50 new 737s. Maybe those -400s are on their way out? Jon Skiffington
October 11, 201213 yr Alaska announced today they they're ordering 50 new 737s. Maybe those -400s are on their way out? Yep. The -400s will be gone and Horizon will be coming up to fill in the gaps with their Dash-8s. The -400 Combis will be gone and maybe add a few -400 freighters. The Dashes don't have much cargo so the freighters will step up their ops. Matt Cee
October 12, 201213 yr Yep. The -400s will be gone and Horizon will be coming up to fill in the gaps with their Dash-8s. The -400 Combis will be gone and maybe add a few -400 freighters. The Dashes don't have much cargo so the freighters will step up their ops. Do you know this, because I'd imagine they'd keep most of the Classics until the MAXs replace the NG's down south, then take those up here to fill in the Alaska only routes. I think they'd also want to keep maintenance down to one type of aircraft up here instead of doing jets and turboprops, probably save money.
October 12, 201213 yr Do you know this, because I'd imagine they'd keep most of the Classics until the MAXs replace the NG's down south, then take those up here to fill in the Alaska only routes. I think they'd also want to keep maintenance down to one type of aircraft up here instead of doing jets and turboprops, probably save money. The Base Chief Pilots have been saying what I wrote. Second-hand knowledge, so take it with several grains of salt. Until the planes are in ANC, it's all speculation. Maybe it'll be -700 freighters. AS wouldn't be doing the maint on the QX planes. That would be QX mechanics, I imagine. Although, they'd probably use the ANC hangar if they needed to. Matt Cee
October 12, 201213 yr The Base Chief Pilots have been saying what I wrote. Second-hand knowledge, so take it with several grains of salt. Until the planes are in ANC, it's all speculation. Maybe it'll be -700 freighters. AS wouldn't be doing the maint on the QX planes. That would be QX mechanics, I imagine. Although, they'd probably use the ANC hangar if they needed to. Yeah, it's all pretty much guessing for now.
October 16, 201213 yr All but seven of them. Interesting, I did not know that. Makes sense for the reasons stated. Steve Caffey
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