ʻO ka papa alakaʻi o Alaska Air Group i kapa ʻia ʻo Max Tidwell hope pelekikena o ka palekana a me ka palekana no Alaska Air Group a me Alaska Airlines. E mālama ʻo Tidwell i nā hana palekana a pau, hoʻomohala a hoʻokō i nā hoʻolālā palekana a me ka palekana no ka wā lōʻihi a hoʻomau i ka holomua i ka moʻomeheu palekana honua honua o Alaska Airlines.
"ʻO ka palekana o kā mākou poʻe malihini a me kā mākou poʻe ka mea nui o kā mākou mea nui a ua kūpono loa ʻo Max e hoʻomau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kā mākou moʻomeheu palekana," wahi a Brad Tilden, ka luna a me ka luna nui o Alaska Air Group. "He ʻekolu mau makahiki o ka ʻike mokulele, me ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hana koʻikoʻi i loko o ka Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia e lawelawe i ko mākou ʻāina ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka Air National Guard.
ʻO Tidwell ka luna o ka māhele FAA no ka Air Carrier Safety Assurance, me nā keʻena ma Atlanta a me Miami. Ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kuleana he nui ma ka FAA ma kāna ʻoihana 22 makahiki, me ke ʻano he luna no Seattle, kahi āna i hana ai me Alaska Airlines. Ua puka 'o ia mai ke kula nui o Southern Illinois me ka bachelor's in aviation management.
He 30 mau makahiki ʻo ia o ka Air Force a ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi no ka Washington Air National Guard, e hāʻawi ana i nā limahana mākaukau a me nā lako hana no ka nui o nā misionari Department of Defense (DoD).
Ua lanakila ʻo Tidwell iā Tom Nunn e hoʻomau i ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena ʻo Alaska Airlines no ka palekana a hiki i kona hoʻomaha ʻana i Iune 2018, e hoʻopau ana i kahi ʻoihana 10 makahiki me ka mokulele. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a Nunn, ua hoʻokō ʻo Alaska Airlines a me Horizon Air i ka ʻae ʻana o FAA i kā lākou Pūnaehana Hoʻokele Palekana (SMS), he mea koʻikoʻi nui e hoʻohui a hoʻokomo i ka palekana ma ka moʻomeheu a me nā kaʻina hana ʻoihana o kēlā me kēia mokulele.
E lele ana ʻo Alaska Airlines a me kāna mau hoa ʻāina i 44 miliona mau malihini i ka makahiki i ʻoi aku ma mua o 115 mau wahi me ka awelika o 1,200 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a i Mexico, Kanada a me Costa Rica.
