Editorial: Hawaiian Air jobs must stay in Hawaii | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Editorial: Hawaiian Air jobs must stay in Hawaii | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Skilled machinists who work on Hawaiian Airlines’ fleet and those working on Alaska Airlines’ planes are represented by two different labor unions. Now that Alaska’s acquisition of Hawaiian has made the two airlines one company — with one operating certificate, and Alaska in control — these workers must choose one union. And that choice could determine whether Hawaiian’s maintenance operation and its jobs have a home-base future in Hawaii.