Alaska CEO affirms commitment to ensuring reliability

Alaska Airlines affirmed its commitment to running a strong operation and stated it will hire and train 150 new pilots, 200 reservations agents and 1,100 new flight attendants for June and beyond to “ensure a high degree of reliability” and “an operation that you can count on,” CEO Ben Minicucci said to employees. “I’m grateful for the people at Alaska and Horizon who are working long hours to take care of you,” he said.