At the time of the Alaskan airplane crash, I got my news from the radio and for a very long time, there were mechanical problems on many of the planes.
It always hit me, as it was my job at the casino to meet the guests who came on the "package trips", so it had/has a meaning to me.
I thought that I had heard they were either bought or merged with another airline. At the time I heard that, I wondered if they would change the name of the company.
There is something about a MD-80 in my mind, that happened in the Dakota area maybe. It is possible that I am crediting all the MD-80 plane problems to Alaskan Air, in my mind.
Oh, well not that important to the days news.
Thank you for checking it out.