Bob Ferguson: “We find it hard to believe that we ever allowed smoking on airplanes, right?”

However, I am committed to the goal of correcting pay disparities between deck and engine.

That said, causing significant harm and inconvenience to the people of Washington state is not the way to address those issues.

My expectation is that every vessel on every route is fully operational no later than the first vessel sailing tomorrow morning.

What we need right now is the federal government to move very, very, very quickly. We need the federal government to step up and help out folks right here in our community who are really, really hurt and need that help.