Southwest to buy Skywest?

[spg2bmd]

Heard today from a Southwest pilot that this is the new rumor over there... anyone else?

 

[viper548]

It's gonna be a DOH merge, right?

 

[IronCityBlue]

Do any "mainline" airlines have holding company scope restrictions for larger Non Permitted Types? Or if this happens (and for the record I'm predicting it won't by a long shot) would SW/SKYW be able to pull the classic "seperate certificate trick" and suck revenue from legacy airlines to funnel to the SWA mainline?

 

[MarineGrunt]

Heard today from a Southwest pilot that this is the new rumor over there... anyone else?

Put down the bottle and slowly back away....
:nuts::beer::nuts:

 

[joe_pilot]

3 pages by noon

 

[dispatchguy]

And two of them will be the various reasons how ALPA would be able to protect the SKW pilots.

 

[RedDogC130]

What are you smoking? You can't operate the RJ and make money, why would we do it....get real.

 

[John Pennekamp]

Heard today from a Southwest pilot that this is the new rumor over there... anyone else?

YGBFKM. How can anybody even be taking this seriously?

 

[WalterSobchak]

I've heard some pretty epic rumours on Southwest jumpseats. Methinks he was just yankin' yer chain.

 

[XPOO]

Southwest has to do something before SkyWest slowly takes over the world. jk. This is the funniest rumor on FI.com in quite awhile.

 

[Max Q]

That rumor has been floating around SKW for months.

-Brett

 

[Exskydiverdrivr]

That rumor has been floating around SKW for months.

-Brett

Not this rumor. This one's ridiculous.

 

[XPOO]

Last stupid SW/SKYW rumor I heard was that a partnership was axed over Uncle Jerry not wanting to use the aircraft Southwest wanted SkyWest to fly. And even that one was ridiculous.

 

[Max Q]

Not this rumor. This one's ridiculous.

Yes. This exact one.

-Brett

 

[lookin4better]

What are you smoking? You can't operate the RJ and make money, why would we do it....get real.

smartest thing I have heard on this topic....RJs are dead or dying....SWA sure wont get involved in that mess

 

[Headfake14]

Soutwest WILL gobble someone up within the next 6 months...I believe that. But Skywest...no, actually, HELL no. It'll be someone with 73s on property...I say either Airtran, Westjet or something else I can't think of.

 

[Richard Gozinya]

3 pages by noon

I'm here to help!

Dick Gozinya

 

[Leroy Smith]

Originally Posted by joe_pilot
3 pages by noon

Doing my part to further propagate the jibbeh-jabbeh.....

 

[Ben Dover]

What are you smoking? You can't operate the RJ and make money, why would we do it....get real.

I love it when say this! But hey don't bother to look at the Skywest balance sheet before you make such a statement.

 

[Ben Dover]

....Or we could all just parrot what Mike Boyd has been saying for the last seven years. Hey if you say something long enough, eventually you will be right.

 

[Ben Dover]

You heard it hear first.

The Boeing 737 will not be a commercially viable aircraft at some point in the future.

Don't say I didn't warn you!

 

[joe_pilot]

I've heard some pretty epic rumours on Southwest jumpseats. Methinks he was just yankin' yer chain.

Just spreading the LUV

 

[DontFeedTheBear]

I love it when say this! But hey don't bother to look at the Skywest balance sheet before you make such a statement.

Easy to turn a profit on "fee for departure" or "cost plus"!!! There is no "at risk" flying on the CRJ's at Skywest. Try some "at risk" flying and then tell me what the balance sheet looks like...

Yogi

 

[Eric]

Actually, I heard that SKYW was going to buy Southwest because the RJs don't make any money.

 

[viper548]

Easy to turn a profit on "fee for departure" or "cost plus"!!! There is no "at risk" flying on the CRJ's at Skywest. Try some "at risk" flying and then tell me what the balance sheet looks like...

Yogi

Mesa can't seem to figure it out

 

[RedDogC130]

I love it when say this! But hey don't bother to look at the Skywest balance sheet before you make such a statement.

Ok well, that is true, you can make money on flying RJs....Now try paying a RJ captain 175ish per credit and and FO 108 per credit and see how that pans out. I rest my case.

 

[rickair7777]

That rumor has been floating around SKW for months.

-Brett

No it hasn't.

 

[Papa Woody]

I can confirm this rumor.

 

[Erlanger]

Last stupid SW/SKYW rumor I heard was that a partnership was axed over Uncle Jerry not wanting to use the aircraft Southwest wanted SkyWest to fly. And even that one was ridiculous.

That's not ridiculous. Southwest wanted Skywest to fly the E170 and maybe the E190 and Jerry said no. He didn't want another aircraft type. Also there was disagreement over fuel. This is a true.

As far as Southwest buying Skywest....that's FUBAR!

 

[RJidiot]

Southwest is coming into ATL via the Trojan horse. They will buy ASA from Skywest. Skywest sees the writing on the wall with the upcoming mergers and reduced connection carriers and are looking to cash out. Southwest will dissolve ASA and use the gates to destroy Airtran. Airtran will go the way of Frontier in Denver. Delta will go the way of Pan Am. Southwest becomes Walmart.

P.S. This speculation is for entertainment purposes. Don't get your panties in a wad.