Dietary fibers can act by changing the nature of the contents of the gastrointestinal tract and by changing how other nutrients and chemicals are absorbed. Some types of soluble fiber absorb water to become a gelatinous, viscous substance which is fermented by bacteria in the digestive tract.he FDA statement template for making this claim is: Soluble fiber from foods such as [name of soluble fiber source, and, if desired, name of food product], as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.
As of November 2014, Alaska Airlines has 12,998 employees. Alaska's pilot group consists of approximately 1,550 pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International and its over 4,100 flight attendants are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants.
Alaska Airlines is the seventh largest airline in the United States, based in Seattle, Washington. The airline was founded as McGee Airways in 1932, offering flights from Anchorage, Alaska. Today, Alaska has flights to more than one hundred destinations in the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico.The airline is a major air carrier and, along with its sister airline Horizon Air, is part of the Alaska Air Group.n January 2002, William Ayer was named CEO of Alaska Airlines, who was replaced by Brad Tilden in 2012. Ayer had been serving as president under Kelly since 1997, having come to Alaska from Horizon two years earlier after spending 13 years with the smaller airline.