Ravn Alaska, a regional airline based in Alaska (and also the parent company of New Pacific Airlines) is restructuring, and has just laid off over one-third of its staff. I can’t help but wonder what this means for the future of both Ravn Alaska and New Pacific Airlines.
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They are also deleting negative comments/passenger complaints off their social media and blocking those who post. Even those with legitimate complaints and documentation.
I’m trying to understand how laying off over a third of their employees will help with labor shortages.
Very unfortunate news. I still don't understand why they've taken the route with New Pacific that they have. Literally all they had to do was start flying those 757s to Japan at a relatively competitive price. Them being American is reason enough for them to be able to fill those please as long as the ticket prices are decent. This short haul test run thing is a big mistake.
Maybe it's just to save money so upper management won't have to lose any of their salary/bonuses?
LOL
New Pacific is a fake airline! The Asia plan was nonsense! The Ontario plan is some kind of inexplicable placeholder nonsense!
The fact that anyone thinks it was real is hilarious!
This issue is not a lack of pilots, it is lack of policy to retain pilots. Ravn offers the lowest regional airline pay in the nation and the B757 pay scales are laughable. Great place to fly, but soon as you can you move on from Ravn and you don't look back.
What a breath of fresh air to read an article that articulates how confusing it is to watch them blow money on that project while we struggle to stay afloat with the Dash. From the inside it is clear that management only cares about the B757 side. It seems to me they bought the airline as a cheap way to get a 121 certificate with no real intent of keeping the current operation running. I am guessing we will see the Dash disappear in the next few months so they can make a final attempt at profitability with the B757.