Rumor: SWA to announce DEN pilot bases tomorrow 1/31/12

[Fubijaakr]

Sarcasm is the purview of intelligent people.

 

[SWA Bubba]

Sarcasm is the purview of intelligent people.

You think so?

We're all so glad you're back from your,.. uh... "vacation," Fubi. We've missed you!

Bubba

 

[Fubijaakr]

Signature lines say it all! Boo Yah!

 

[On Your Six]

Dan the hate man ,aka Gen lee , aka oy6. All I can is I am flattered. I would be happy at DAL, SWA, or UAL and AA.

Not at Hawaiian? Come on, that would be nice too.


Godspeed!


The OYSter

 

[RDG]

Dont worry about flying to Hawaii. Hawaiian Airlines( with there 15 aircraft) are going to clean your guys clock over at Southwest.

Man I hope you're right.

My clocks are filthy.

 

[atldc9]

717 wingspan - 93' 4". MLW - Depends on what you bought! Certified to 110K, AirTran only paid for 104K, so that's what we use. Could they lower it to 100K? Absolutely, if someone wanted to. Strictly a paperwork issue.

But why bother, the airplanes are going away...

 

[tankerhead]

It's alot of hops to get the plane from ATL to DEN. Tampa and Atlanta are the only bases right ;-) It would be cool to see if the plane could handle it.

???

I did ATL-DEN last spring in a fully loaded 717...rare trip, but it's in my logbook.

 

[lorien]

Soooo..... DEN pilot base? Anyone? When is the Message to the Troops for Orlando?

 

[jhill]

The fact that all the intelligent rumors are pointing to the DEN crew base is precisely why it can't be there.

What the he!! are you doing talking about SWA crew bases? Thats not what this thread is about is it?

 

[humveedriver]

???

I did ATL-DEN last spring in a fully loaded 717...rare trip, but it's in my logbook.

You left out my wink! My point is I think SWA will eventuallu employ the 717 on shorter routes where it makes more sense. Thats why we don't run them out to DEN like we used to before 737's. ATL-STL-DEN wouldn't be bad actually. I'm thinking one day before they are gone we will see 71's doing more intra-FL,TX and CA. Time will tell. And to stay on topic, I hope the new base is DEN.

 

[madjack]

717 inter-island service in HA...next base is HNL!

 

[SELFloadingCRGO]

And still no crew base announcement, guess those rumors of Feb 30th are starting to be more and more accurate...



SLC

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

And still no crew base announcement, guess those rumors of Feb 30th are starting to be more and more accurate...



SLC

Mechanic told me that the new domicile would be announced when their vote is done to add more work groups to their representation, this has nothing to do with their seniority list, and he said it was DEN and a ton of senior mechanics already live there and are commuting to LAS and PHX.

He mentioned the date of when the vote is over but I didn't make a mental note.

Later,
KBB

 

[PropPiedmont]

2/21/12, the mechanics vote closes.

 

[njcapt]

Per Title X of the Pitkin County Code, the airport has several unique operating limitations.Aircraft weight is restricted to 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg) maximum certificated gross landing weight or less.

Huh, yeah you got me there. I do know the locals are absolutely polarized against large aircraft using the airport.

 

[ASADFW7]

My guess is Saturday

 

[canyonblue]

Sure comes across as someone turned down by DAL at one point in his career before going to SWA.

About the same as the ones who were turned down by SWA before going to XXX.

 

[satpak77]

Originally Posted by Dan Roman
Sure comes across as someone turned down by DAL at one point in his career before going to SWA.

That is like saying the Titanic sold out of tickets and you had to get on another ship.

Where do I sign up for the turned-down-by-ABC-but you will be hired by SWA later package

please tell me

 

[Whataburger]

Feb 30

 

[djf]

Feb 30

Hate to say it, but if Feb 30 is the date, it'll never happen because there's only 29 days this year.