Seattle snow storm added significant costs for Alaska, Horizon, airlines

For instance, the Seattle-based carrier added an additional 120 call-center employees during the peak of the storm - a 35 percent increase over normal staffing, said Paul McElroy , managing director of strategic and corporate communications for Alaska Air Group Inc.

[Angry White United Pilot]

Good...hopefully that will put them out of business.

Or maybe US Air CEO Parker will buy Alaska Air Group.