"Preferential treatment" is only a term we give it.

In Asian culture, that's how Life itself works. LOL!

Here in Dutch Harbor, there's always weather delays or some other reason to get stuck for 2-3 days without a flight out to Anchorage, then from there to your next

destination. People have been stuck for 6-7 days (burning away vacation time) trying to get out for vacation or end of season departures for the seasonal workers!

Hahaha! Who gets priority while on standby for flights? Easy answer - the PenAir front desk agents are 90% staffed by Filipinos.

Therefore, their relatives working on the island get fst priority, followed by friends and former co-workers in some other job they met at, before working at

PenAir! Not fair?

That's just how life works seems like, it's inherent in human nature and shall never change.