Hey Redeye,

I also work for America West, at the corp. office in Tempe.

I'd suggest you put your parents on either the JFK-LAX nonstops, or route them through Phoenix to LAX, then follow Randy's advice above. We fly from both JFK and EWR to PHX, with tons of PHX-LAX flights daily. You should have access to PBT's through Compass; if you don't know what that means, send me a PM and I'll explain. I can also help look up how things look from there.

We do have a codeshare with Hawaiian, although it doesn't really help us too much with standby. The people I work with have said they are good to deal with though, and will tell you how many seats are left.

Where are you based? Just curious. Let me know if you need more help.

A few people I know have used Aloha through SNA with good luck; anyone else use them?