A SWA aircraft delivery question.

[Sugardaddy]

Any smart SWA person out there,
I know it has been posted countless times on this board the total number of planes to be delivered and retired this year. I'm just wondering if any of you know how many per month for the year 2003? Like.. # recieved in January / # of -200's retired in January.... and so on for the rest of the year.
Also.... for 2004, does anyone know if they are going to get the planes early (like starting in January, Feb, etc...), or are they going to wait until the middle of the year.
Any information would be good to help the time pass while I sit here and float. Thanks.

 

[gnelson]

I know a guy who knows a guy at swa who knows a guy that does that stuff say a new 700 every 10 days starting January. The only question is the 200 retirement rate. Iv'e heard they might go at a quicker pace due to some maintenance considerstions.

 

[CoopDog]

Birth of a Boeing

Sugardaddy,

You can check out www.ifly737.com and click on the "Birth of a Boeing" link. It will show you the progress of N443WN, scheduled for delivery on the 3rd week of September.

Unfortunately that's all the monthly schedule info I could dig up. But it's a pretty cool site.

 

[VIPER16]

I spoke with a Chief Pilot the other day and was told 46 jets in 04' minus 6 737-200 retirements. A net gain of 40 737's. He mentioned 400 pilots to fill those plus a 100+ retirements. He also stated he believs SWA management plans based on past history. The pool will drain by mid 04.

 

[Sugardaddy]

Viper,Coop, Gnelson,
Thanks for the replys and the website. Maybe the early deliveries in '04 will convince the SWA bean counters to hire some more poolies in late '03.

 

[PTinbound]

Net gain of 19 Aircraft in 2004

From the 10/17/02 Press Release

Southwest Airlines Co.
Boeing 737-700 Delivery Schedule

Prior Schedule | Current Schedule
Firm / Options*| Firm / Options*

2002..... 18/ -- | 23/ --
2003..... 14/ -- | 17/ --
2004..... 23/ 13 | 21/ 13
2005..... 24/ 20 | 24/ 18
2006..... 22/ 20 | 22/ 16
2007..... 25/ 29 | 25/ 29
2008..... 6 / 45 | 6 / 45
2009-12 -- 177 | -- 177
Total . 132/304| 138/298

Note that for 2004, there were 21+13=34 deleveries scheduled. This has since shifted to 25+9, but it's still the same 34, assuming they get all the options.

The bad news is that there will be at least 15 -200 retirements, equating to a net gain of 19 airplanes in 2004.

That's 202.73 new hires, at 10.67 per airframe, plus any pilot retirements (About 115 scheduled in 2004, I think) means SWA would need about 317 new hires in 2004, or about 16 classes of 20.

The usual caveat is that I only know what I read, but I can't seem to logic some of the 400-500 new hire numbers I've been seeing for 2004. I don't know where the "net gain of 40 aircraft" theory came from, but I just havn't seen that from a verifiable source.

Here's the month to month breakdown:
Jan 2
Feb 0
Mar 2
Apr 3
May 2
Jun 5
Jul 3
Aug 2
Sept 4
Oct 5
Nov 3
Dec 3

 

[CoopDog]

Bring 'em on!!!!

OK Boeing, let's turn some wrench's and buck some rivets. Let's bring these puppies home! We wanna go do some fly'n!