Ua hoʻolaha ka papa alakaʻi o Alaska Airlines iā Wayne Newton no 30 mau makahiki i hope pelekikena poʻokela o nā hana mokulele a me nā lawelawe mea kūʻai aku. Ma waho aʻe o ka nānā ʻana i nā hana mokulele a me nā ukana ma nā wahi he 125 a me kahi hui o nā limahana a me nā ʻaelike, e alakaʻi ʻo Newton i kēia manawa i ka hub nui loa o Alaska ma Seattle. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka luna o ka papa kuhikuhi o McGee Air Services, kahi hui ʻo Alaska Airlines e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe ʻāina.
Mai kona komo ʻana iā Alaska i ka makahiki 1988 ma ke ʻano he ʻelele lawelawe ramp, ua lawelawe ʻo Newton i ka hui hana mokulele o ka mokulele ma nā ʻano hana like ʻole, me ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele o nā hana mokulele ma Sea-Tac International Airport. ʻO ia ka hope pelekikena o nā hana mokulele a me nā lawelawe o nā mea kūʻai aku, kahi nona ke kuleana no ka ʻoi aku o 3,200 mau limahana mokulele a me nā limahana ukana ea.
"He alakaʻi kūʻokoʻa ʻo Wayne me ka ʻike ikaika i ka moʻomeheu a me nā hana o Alaska," wahi a Constance von Muehlen, ka hope pelekikena hoʻokō a me ka luna hoʻokele nui o Alaska. "Mai kona komo ʻana i Alaska, ua hana koʻikoʻi ko Wayne akamai i ka ʻoihana a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka poʻe i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou hui i ko mākou wahi i kēia lā."