WN to ground 190 flights

[BottomPlug]

Hey all...my buddy told me the guy who runs the training department in Dallas said that there's no more classes after the LONE Sept class.

He also said that they were "overmanned for the winter schedule."

Except he meant to say the "lone" class in Sept PLUS the other "lone" class in Sept.

 

[contrail67]

It's called the winter schedule ding bat.

NO it is not......

 

[DH2WN]

NO it is not......

YES it is......

 

[Whataburger]

McDonald's quit selling the McRib because of lack of interest. Does that make them a sh!tty company or a smart company who knows when to trim the fat?
Our McRibs are out the door, but I am sure that combo meals 1-5 will pay the bills until another slam dunk is whipped up.
The scary part is that a Whataburger could be right around the corner. Then it's Taquito time!!
No matter how much you like Whataburger, McDonalds is well known, has brand equity, and you'll always know what you get when you walk thru the door. If ya ain't changing, the world will pass you by.

 

[GuppyWN]

My only rationale of acceptance for the reduction in growth is at least Mr. Kelly is managing the airline instead of blindly growing for the sake of growth.

Make no mistake, the future must be getting at least somewhat cloudy or they wouldn't cut 6% of our schedule. I certainly wouldn't say we're in as bad a shape as some of you are hoping but I just can't positively spin negative growth.

The bright side of this coin is we're not furloughing and we gave 500 guys a job this year. Plus this place is still a kick in the pants.

Gup

 

[satpak77]

My only rationale of acceptance for the reduction in growth is at least Mr. Kelly is managing the airline instead of blindly growing for the sake of growth.

Make no mistake, the future must be getting at least somewhat cloudy or they wouldn't cut 6% of our schedule. I certainly wouldn't say we're in as bad a shape as some of you are hoping but I just can't positively spin negative growth.

The bright side of this coin is we're not furloughing and we gave 500 guys a job this year. Plus this place is still a kick in the pants.

Gup

well said in all points, good post!

 

[satpak77]

most recent QTR'ly report

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=92562&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=1178748&highlight=

Some points

- Denver is clearly a strong city for SWA
- Fuel hedges appear to taper off in 2010
- Aircraft orders thru 2015

 

[Scope out RJ's]

McDonald's quit selling the McRib because of lack of interest. Does that make them a sh!tty company or a smart company who knows when to trim the fat?
Our McRibs are out the door, but I am sure that combo meals 1-5 will pay the bills until another slam dunk is whipped up.
The scary part is that a Whataburger could be right around the corner. Then it's Taquito time!!
No matter how much you like Whataburger, McDonalds is well known, has brand equity, and you'll always know what you get when you walk thru the door. If ya ain't changing, the world will pass you by.

Speaking of McDonalds, maybe you can send "say again" over there, his job as a walmart greeter is in jeopardy.:laugh:

 

[Tanker Clown]

Don't make fun of McDonalds or WalMart Scope. They probably pay better than Song...er...Delta.

 

[puddlejumper101]

Like someone else said earlier...if SWA is cutting back then what does that say about the rest of the industry? SWA trims 6% of their schedule and guys at other carriers are celebrating. That makes no sense to me. If SWA is reducing their schedule by 6% then UAL must be reducing theirs by at least 15%...wait they already announced that.
Honestly, it is scary and it should worry everyone...especially those few that love to bash SWA and find themselves in places like DAL, UAL, USAirways, etc, etc, etc. If it looks bad for us, then it must look rotten for you. Becareful what you wish for, SWA doing bad means everyone else is barely alive.