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leastworst, a new word. Very nice.

No clue what the Gold coast was, but again I"ve not had any complaints.

Unfortunately normally about the time I profess about Barnes always expanding or such, it bites me....

Hopefully Carolyn and I survive the Sept 8 flight. LOL.

Northwest was awesome to fly to Alaska but delta sucks .They lose my hunting dogs the the black porters want bribes to find them .Their customer service sucks !

Alaska Air is my first least disliked airline followed by Delta. Having said that, I don't actually like any of them.

If flying in Alaska was cheap, profitable and easy there'd be a lot more airlines doing it.

As you probably recall, Alaska Airlines did everything they could to drive out their competition. The guys with the deepest pockets usually win though. Of course the Feds did what they could to eliminate jet service to smaller hubs too.






http://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/08/13/bering-air-buys-eight-new-planes-to-replace-older-caravans/

Hmmmm? Do you suppose it's all just a front for an even larger profit-making 'business' of some sort?

I use both depending on destination. Every other year we fly back to MN to visit family & go hunt birds for 3-4 days in SD.
All though Delta has the worst pet record & charges just as much for the dog round trip as me I have to take them because they are the only game in town with a non-stop to MSP. I refuse to make the dog sit any longer with transfers in SEA it only adds to possibility of delays & things going wrong. Knock on wood I haven't had any issues with our guns going eitherway yet to date. The only positive thing about Delta is the inflight TV entertainment is free & on the way back for a brief while you can watch football or sports center, helps break up the long duration of the flight.

Just booked Delta to SD for birds only way to make the times to meet with other hunters. Delta is offering 2 free bags like AK Airlines and 10% off next flight to Alaskans. So they are trying to compete. And price was right.

I have taken Northwest/Delta to Alaska since my first trip in 2001. Just happened to be in the bush on 9-11 without any contact with the outside world. We came back to Michigan on 9-19 on schedule, although a tense flight and 4 hours early for our flight out of Anchorage.

Went back to Anchorage with Delta on August 12, 2015 and from Michigan went to Atlanta, Georgia. Kind of strange to backtrack but then a straight flight to Anchorage. Usually from here we stop in Minneapolis, MN. I usually use frequent flyer miles and this was the cheapest flight at 25000 miles for the round trip, so I didn't complain about the route.

I was bowhunting caribou on the haul rd and took a handgun for bear protection and checking the gun was no problem as I carried it my checked bow hard case.

I am not happy with Delta and their trophy policy from Africa but hope they change.

What's the word on Delta flying horns and capes back? Have heard they won't. True? If so options?


Roy

I'd as soon drive as to fly Delta.

While I am not a fan of Delta, I just flew them on my Wyo trip as the fare and schedule was better than United. Traveled with 2 checked handguns and had absolutely no problems.

They all come in on instrument flights and KT is long enough.

If by "porters", you mean skycaps, they are often not employed by the airline. Most are paid the absolute minimum (like waitresses) and earn the great majority of their income from tips.
As far as delayed flights go, whether from weather or mechanical issues, my brother the pilot's response is "The only thing worse than being on the ground and wishing that you were at 35,000 feet is being at 35,000 feet and wishing that you were on the ground".

delayed flights are no issue. As you note, I'd rather be late and alive... than on time and dead..

used to get a bit stressed, now I could care less. If we loose a day or two I just call the boss and say, I'll be back later than I thought due to weather.

Yeah, but you're not going to be able to add the miles to your AK Airlines mileage plan, if that's important to you.

Just booked Delta to SD for birds only way to make the times to meet with other hunters.

Like mileage but have a schedule to meet!

I know a flight attendant for Delta that would make you forget about the mileage and your schedule!

Delta just couldn't make Juneau work. Lol. Without the second approach Delta had a miserable success rate and couldn't stand the thought of another winter. Bye