SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. ) Filed by the Registrant [] Filed by a Party other than theRegistrant [X] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ] Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) [ ] Definitive Proxy Statement [X] Definitive Additional Materials [ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-12 Alaska Air Group - --------------------------------------------- (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) Steve Nieman - -------------------------------------------- (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [X] No fee required. [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11. (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: ---------------------------- (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: -------------------------------------- (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): ---------------------------------- (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: ------------------------------------ (5) Total fee paid: --------------------------- [ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. (1) Amount Previously Paid: -------------------------------------- (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: -------------------------------- (3) Filing Party: ----------------------------- (4) Date Filed: This post was posted on eRaider on 5/9/03 by Steve Nieman Dear Mr. Dan Rather, Aaron Brown is correct. I attended the AAG Inc. Shareholders Meeting in Seattle in May 2001 where the declassification of the board proposal, published in the Company's 2001 Proxy Statement (you can find it on EDGAR, I believe), was presented by Horizon Air employee Gary Smith. It was voted upon and won by over a 70 percent margin. It was subsequently ignored by the Board. It returns this year--Steve Nieman Steve Nieman, Richard D. Foley, and Robert C. Osborne M.D. are soliciting proxies for Alaska Air Group's, Inc. May 20, 2003 Annual Meeting. We strongly advise all shareholders to read the proxy statements. Our proxy statement is available at our web site . Feel free to download and print copies of any materials located there. For any further information, please email or write us at Box 602, Brush Prairie, WA 98606; fax (360) 666-6483; phone 1-866-2VOTEUS (1- 866-286-8387).Nieman