STEVE NIEMAN, President
The Ownership Union® | www.ourunion.org
15204 NE 181st Loop, Brush Prairie, WA 98606
stevenieman@mac.com | home (360) 687-3187

June 22, 2010

Mr. Keith Loveless
Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
PO Box 68947
Seattle, WA  98168

Via: USPS and email keith.loveless@alaskaair.com | karen.gruen@alaskaair.com

Dear Mr. Loveless:

As a stockholder of record, I hereby provide notice to the company's owners, the stockholders, via their hired management that I will be making nominations of candidates for election as directors to the AAG, Inc. board in 2011.  I assert it is my right as a registered holder to access the shareholders' proxy statement and materials to include my nominees.

We look forward to working with you, and other AAG management to strengthen the corporate governance relationships between stockholders and all our diverse stakeholder groups, which is necessary to keep our company vibrant and growing.

Sincerely,

email cc: Mr. Richard Foley