Alaska Airlines 737s at its Seattle home hub Ceri Breeze/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In the midst of the losses at Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK) that occurred as a result of the in-flight failure of a door plug on a new Boeing (BA) MAX 9 operating by ALK, investors who paid attention to Alaska Airlines (ALK)’s first quarter 2024 earnings presentation noted a key detail: the company was committed to turning around its tradition of losing money in the first quarter of the year. An airline that is based ...