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Alaska Airlines pilots prepared to strike Alaska Airlines pilots prepared to strike. Back to Gallery. (Editor's Note: This story has been altered. An arbitrated agreement between Alaska Airlines and its pilots allowed for yearly pay increases based on longevity; it did not increase wages for pilots at the top of the pay scale. The airline industry is on the brink of reversing a six-year trend of red-stained bottom lines and staggering losses.
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Alaska Airlines to hire for 2,300 frontline jobs in 2017: Why you should apply today Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air 2017 hiring forecast: At least 250 of the jobs are earmarked for the Seattle area, with about 150 based in Boise, Idaho and another 100 in Phoenix, Arizona. The rest are spread throughout Alaska’s route network.
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The Flat Tire Rule Comments (Showing 1 of 1) Alaska Airlines has a new flat tire rule: “Never” I’m working on a new flight plan, to fly Alaska “Never!” :). Glad that Delta is now flying many of the routes I fly up to 50x yr. Delta won my admiration when they took great care of me on a missed connection at the end of a long flying day.
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Oil price plunge forces Alaska to freeze hiring The plunge in oil prices is bringing budget pain and a new kind of freeze to state government in Alaska. 1  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced a hiring freeze and limits on travel by state employees Tuesday as part of an effort to control a growing $3.5 billion budget gap.
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The Disadvantages of Oil Drilling in Alaska Animal Impacts. There are several native species in Alaska that suffer, or could potentially suffer, from the effects of oil drilling. These include caribou, musk oxen, porcupines, ravens, gulls, arctic foxes, wolves, snow geese, shorebirds and seabirds, and polar bears.hile the oil fields of Alaska may provide oil companies in the United States with a highly sought-after and highly profitable resource, drilling for that resource has several disadvantages.
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Air Force Plane and Crew Missing for 60 Years Discovered on Alaska Glacier Please try again later. A U.S. Air Force plane that disappeared 60 years ago in Alaska has been found on a glacier, 14 miles from where it originally crashed into a mountain. The C-124 Globemaster and its crew of 52 servicemen were lost when the plane crashed in November 1952.
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Russian warplanes reportedly bombed US base in Syria Forces go into Syria to help protect Jordan from Islamic State, U.S. officials told The Journal. Forces didn’t spend the night, due to security reasons. Nearly a day before the strike, 20 of 24 British special forces pulled out of the base. The U.S. tracked a Russian plane heading toward the base. The warplane dropped a cluster bomb, according to U.S. and rebel officials. After the first strike, U.S. central command air operations center in Qatar called Russia’s air campaign headquarters in Latakia, Syria to tell them that the base shouldn’t be attacked. However, Russian forces struck again nearly 90 minutes after the call was made.
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Alaska Airlines pilots prepared to strike (Editor's Note: This story has been altered. An arbitrated agreement between Alaska Airlines and its pilots allowed for yearly pay increases based on longevity; it did not increase wages for pilots at the top of the pay scale. The original version of this story did not make that clear.)
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- This latter step has partly displaced Alaska Airlines. Alaska does still have a frequent flier relationship with Delta, but revenue from linked flights with Delta dropped 1.1 percent between 2013 to 2014, to $190 million. “This reduces Alaska’s dependence on Delta as a mileage partner,” Danishek said.
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- BREAKING DOWN 'Featherbedding'. Featherbedding has developed over time as unions respond to workers being laid off because of technological change. These lay-offs have caused unions to seek some way to retain workers, even though there may be little work for them to perform.
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- New one trip containers are the best choice for those wishing to modify a shipping container for use as residence or office. We offer a wide variety of container modifications and can convert a container to your specifications.
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- The accumulation of tectonic stresses at depth along the plate boundaries and the translation of those stresses into the shallower crust of southern Alaska are the driving forces behind the high level of earthquake activity that occurs in our state.t the northwest corner of the North America, Alaska is situated at the receiving end of the Pacific Plate as it slides laterally past southeast Alaska and collides directly with the North American Plate across southcentral Alaska and along the length of Aleutian Island Chain.
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Why The Air Force Is Paying Big Bonuses To Some Pilots And Forcing Others Out Despite the incentive of getting paid an extra $225,000, pilot retention is still slowly declining. First created in 1989, the Aviator Retention Program is the primary way the Air Force attempts to keep seasoned pilots in the service. In 1993, roughly 80% of pilots elected to stay in the service more than 11 years.
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Several Reasons Why Aircraft Carriers Are Super Dangerous During flight operations an aircraft carrier has to keep about 30 kts (34 mph) of wind across the deck to help provide a boost to the aircraft taking off. (That’s one of the reason the largest carriers are nuclear powered, to move the ships to generate the wind).
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Alaska Airlines In 1965, Alaska Airlines turned over some routes between small Alaskan communities, as well as some smaller aircraft, to Wien Air Alaska. This allowed Alaska to focus on more heavily traveled routes and allowed them to sell off smaller aircraft.
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- After a year of soaring gas pump prices and high home heating costs, many policymakers and analysts want to tap the oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Drilling pristine Alaskan lands is a shortsighted and ineffective strategy tantamount to placing a band-aid over a compound fracture.
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Alaska Crab Fishing Jobs The dangers of crabbing in Alaska are very real. The Bureau of Labor Statistics usually ranks Alaskan crab fishing the occupation with the highest mortality rate (300:100,000). Most of these deaths are reported as death by drowning or from hypothermia. Additionally, many more people each year are injured and crippled due to the machinery in use onboard. One of the reasons crabbing in Alaska is so dangerous is because it takes place during the winter months, when crab harvests are at their highest.
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- Alaska sinks as climate change thaws permafrost. As temperatures rise, more of Alaska's land -- known as permafrost, because it's perenially frozen underground -- is thawing and causing billions of dollars in damages, reports USA TODAY's Wendy Koch.Wendy Koch, USA TODAY.laska sinks as climate change thaws permafrost. The nation's last frontier is, in many ways, its ground zero for climate change. Alaska's temperatures are rising twice as fast as those in the lower 48, causing more sea ice loss and permafrost thawing.
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- The weight of the vast amount of ice in the Bering Glacier is enough to depress the Earth’s crust, stabilizing the boundary between the two plates. As the glaciers lose mass, the pressure of the ice is diminished. This reduced compression allows the rocks along faults to move more freely, resulting in more Earthquakes.
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- Like using the tiller, pilots can use differential braking to make sharp turns all over the tarmac. Also, if the airplane has an engine on each side, the pilot can turn by using a technique called differential throttling.
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Combat Drones: Losing the Fight Against Terrorism Peace Policy. Combat Drones: Losing the Fight Against Terrorism. The United States is using combat drones — remotely piloted missile aircraft — to target terrorist leaders in the volatile border area of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This continues despite the high number of civilians killed.
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- An investor's guide to Alaska Airlines' operations. Why increased competition in Seattle impacted Alaska Airlines. In 2013, Alaska faced stiff competition in Seattle—one of its major hubs. It faced competition from Delta Air Lines. Delta started to launch services to Alaska’s key markets from Seattle—Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas.
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- Secondly, many people don't realise they are striking the shuttle with a bent elbow. This means the shuttle is struck at a lower height - the stroke becomes weaker and there is less disguise on the shots when you want to vary it between dropshots, smashes and clears.
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND LABOUR WELFARE Strikes can occur because of the following reasons: 1  Dissatisfaction with company policy. 2  Salary and incentive problems. 3  Increment not up to the mark.  Wrongful discharge or dismissal of 1  workmen. Withdrawal of any concession or privilege.  Hours of work and rest 1  intervals. Leaves with wages and holidays.
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Some get priority in Sea-Tac security lines There are, indeed, special lines for some passengers. But Sea-Tac spokesman Bob Parker said that’s the airlines’ call, not the airport’s. For example, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have express security lines at Sea-Tac and at Portland for top passengers and those flying between Seattle and Portland.ut one airport employee pointed out that it’s no different from individual airlines allowing first-class passengers to board planes first. Q: Rick Lippold of Seattle frequently rides a bicycle or motorcycle around town. He said it’s fairly common to have problems activating street sensors that change traffic lights.
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Alaska Travel Questions Usually not because of the daylight. To see the Northern Lights it needs to be dark, cold and clear out. The best time to see them is in the winter between November - March. Alaska is the 49th state in the US. We do take US Currency, we also take personal checks for deposits and final payments on tour packages and major credit cards like discover, visa and master card. There are three different ways to get to Alaska. One way is flying from the lower 48 into Anchorage or Fairbanks. The second way is by cruise ship from Vancouver and the third way to get to Alaska is by driving the good old Alaska Highway.