Horizon Air is Alaska Airlines’ regional airline, and they operate a fleet of Embraer 175 and Bombardier Q400 aircraft. Well, the details of a pretty damning internal memo have been made public this week, and some of the revelations are shocking.
The internal memo was sent by Captain John Hornibrook, Horizon’s VP of Flight Operations. Often when we hear about airline safety concerns it’s from a disgruntled ex-employee, but this guy has an active leadership role at the airline, so I’d take what he says pretty seriously. Read more