SWA announcement on the 9th

[slaquer5]

and the only markets left to grow in are the NY type places that are at odds with the way SWA works.

No one can be that stupid, tell me you are joking.

 

[Benhuntn]

I have a 757 type but I would slit my wrist before I interview.

 

[atm85]

Colorado One--another theme airplane!

 

[LUVChild]

Ask a SWA guy, Herb isn't running the place anymore. GK would furlough to get the stock price up if he needed to. You guys thought I was crazy when I said that classes would pretty much come to a stop. And they did. In '01 oil was still in the $20s. SWA guys were on the very low side of the pay scale and they company had a bunch of markets it could exploit. Now oil is at $100, SWA guys are the highest paid, and the only markets left to grow in are the NY type places that are at odds with the way SWA works.

Oh, so you know Gary personally, huh?

Obviously you don't. Gary isn't going to furlough just to get the stock up, because he's a financial guy who realizes that the short term stock gain from furloughs doesn't outweigh the long term negatives for SWA. Thankfully, he's smarter than you are in that respect. And I've personally heard him say that it's okay to have the highest paid workgroup, so long as they're also the most productive. And SWA pilots are extremely productive. So while employment costs are always a concern, there's absolutely zero indicators that layoffs are anywhere in our near future.

If there was even a hint of furloughs on the horizon, trust me...there wouldn't even be ONE class in January. And stop acting like you're a genius for predicting the class slowdown. With the age 65 legislation, combined with the SWA announcement of a slowdown in growth, it didn't take a rocket scientist to see that one coming.

Please...do us all a favor and stop running your mouth on this board about things you know absolutely nothing about. I'm tired of hearing about how your "friend" keeps having the "inside scoop" on a merger with AirTran. Unless your friend is an EVP at either company, he doesn't know squat. And even if he DID legitimately know something, he isn't going to share it with his weasel of a buddy so it could promptly be posted on a message board.

I hope to God you never get hired on at SWA. Guys like you are exactly what we don't need.

 

[JumpJetter]

You get 'em LUVchild!!

JJ

 

[Snapshot]

Oh, so you know Gary personally, huh?

Apparently you do?

 

[jke406]

I hope to God you never get hired on at SWA. Guys like you are exactly what we don't need.

I'd say that applies to you too, slappy.

 

[SELFloadingCRGO]

I'd say that applies to you too, slappy.

pot or kettle?

 

[jke406]

pot or kettle?

pitcher or catcher?

 

[snozberry]

Back to the original post... I spoke to an agent in Denver and they said they had no clue what the announcement was going to be. Denver is already working on building 8 more gates for SWA on the east end of concourse C. The city also has plans to build D Concourse ( That's not really new, DIA was originally designed with 4 concourses). But this is already known. So what will the announcement be......? Maybe a DEN base?? 2 days to find out.

 

[JetDude]

An expanded version of the same rumor anticipates an announcement of a major increase in flights in DEN...just another rumor though.

 

[USMC319]

Denver is already working on building 8 more gates for SWA on the east end of concourse C. So what will the announcement be......? Maybe a DEN base?? 2 days to find out.

The C gate expansion is not for SWA it is just a masterplan expansion project at this point. If SWA financially commits to the expansion, I'm sure the city will build them though.

Can't imagine a crew base in DEN under the current environment (high cost /terrible yield) unless they plan to merge or acquire F9 or UAL (both are likely M&A targets). Who knows, but scheduled announcements are typically very anticlimactic.

 

[Megalops]

And by the way, some of those new gates go to Frontier.

 

[pkober]

pitcher or catcher?

Thanks for the laugh from you comeback. I almost fell off my chair.

Well played.

 

[TheCheat]

so...

So, was there an announcement?

Increased presence in DEN?