Ua hōʻea ʻo Alaska Airlines i kahi ʻaelike ʻehā mau makahiki i ka manaʻo me nā lālā o ka uniona hana o nā pailaka ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki o ke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana.
Ua hōʻole ʻo John McElroy e haʻi ʻōlelo ʻo Alaska Airlines e hōʻike i nā kikoʻī o ka ʻaelike.
Ua ʻoluʻolu ka ʻoihana mokulele ma Seattle, kahi hui o ka Pūʻulu Mokulele ʻo Alaska, me ka hopena, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Ua hoʻomaka nā kamaʻilio me ka Air Line Pilots Association i Ianuali 2007.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo hope loa o ka ʻaelike e pono ai e hana a ʻae ʻia e nā ʻelele o ka hui, i ʻōlelo ʻo McElroy. A laila hiki i ka ʻae ke hele i nā lālā o ka hui 1,500 no kahi balota.
Hāʻawi ka lālā ʻo Alaska Airlines a me Alaska Air ʻo Horizon Air ma mua o 90 mau kūlanakauhale ma waena o ka US, Kanada a me Mexico.
