“We’re proud to be the first to bring wild and sustainable Copper River salmon to seafood lovers across the country, in many cases within 24 hours after the fish is caught,” said Betsy Bacon, managing director of Alaska Air Cargo. “With so much demand for sustainable wild Alaska seafoo...
to tech positions — the most in the U.S. The problem is that much of the Alaska Guard’s unique role — missions that require being on alert 24 hours a day, seven days a week — can’t be done by the tech positions, the Guard said. ...
Horizon Air’s more than 700 pilots, who are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), voted to ratify a new agreement aimed at supporting the company’s pilots and retaining talent as mainline airlines continue hiring pilots away from regional airlines at record levels. The...
From the C/D Archives: Road-tripping the Morris Minor 1000, a small wagon, thousands of miles through wintry hell.
Meticulously researched through hundreds of hours of interviews with the survivors, this is a detailed account of the La Conte’s final voyage and the relationship between Alaskan fishermen and the search and rescue crews who risk their lives to save them. ...
As I experienced on Icelandair’s Max 8, the plane is noticeably quieter in the cabin than the NG-series planes the MAX replaces, even when seated near the engines I flew in coach, seated in row 13 both ways, in the aisle southbound and at the window back to SEA. If you’re famil...
Captain Mevatne says that this happened 2 hours and 40 minutes after Président Doumer had been hit (it was Oct. 31 by then). The explosion was so powerful that they were thrown off their feet, and hatches and other items flew into the air. She started to sink by the bow while the ...
“Come to me tomorrow noon,” said Captain Gay. “Why tomorrow noon?” with a sudden frown. “Can’t you understand? Don’t you know it requires hours to figure out so complicated a problem?” “Oh, does it?” A nod. “Well, I’ll come in tomorrow. But understand, not a word ...