Airtran drops 5 cities, does SWA know what to do? Could it be....?

[gobyebye]

moline was on the last round of cuts, wasn't it?

 

[EWR_FO]

Have you guys gotten any indication of when your pass travel programs will be combined? I am assuming after that happens buying a ZED pass on WN will mean it can be used on Airtran also, does anyone know if that assumption is right or wrong?

 

[scoreboardII]

Not quite.

. One of the main reasons is that the ramp / counter agents at Southwest do not allow ANY outsourcing, and many of those cities we only serve a few times a week or seasonally. .

Pile on I know, but not true, used to be that way, but latest ramp contract allows SWA to outsource all locations with fewer than 18 operations per day. Not sure if an operation is an arrival and departure or one or the other.

 

[goahead]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Southwest-Airlines-AirTran-prnews-4247671299.html?x=0&l=1

Maybe you guys missed this out today.....

 

[scoreboardII]

Lets see, SwA buys AT, AT drops Moline and gets Cancun, Mexico city, PR, SWA gets HOU-RDU. Sounds fair. YGBFSM.

 

[dicko]

Lets see, SwA buys AT, AT drops Moline and gets Cancun, Mexico city, PR, SWA gets HOU-RDU. Sounds fair. YGBFSM.

You forgot one ...... AirTran gets Cabo San Lucas as well. imp:

 

[Muppets]

As a Dulles commuter, I have never seen more than 60 pax on the flight to the ATL. Im surprised the Dulles station lasted this long.

 

[humveedriver]

Lets see, SwA buys AT, AT drops Moline and gets Cancun, Mexico city, PR, SWA gets HOU-RDU. Sounds fair. YGBFSM.

No worries. All those int'l flights will be flown by pilots on the SWA Master Seniority List ;-)

 

[Max Powers]

Lets see, SwA buys AT, AT drops Moline and gets Cancun, Mexico city, PR, SWA gets HOU-RDU. Sounds fair. YGBFSM.

ME ME ME.....Scoreboard you cease to amaze me. Here I will make you a deal I'll fly every crap leg you have on one condition: You give back the 33% seniority that you got from me. Deal?

 

[GhettoBeechjet]

ME ME ME.....Scoreboard you cease to amaze me. Here I will make you a deal I'll fly every crap leg you have on one condition: You give back the 33% seniority that you got from me. Deal?

Only if I get to keep my current relative seniority in the WN 737 and get to hang on to my domicile.

 

[TrumanSparks]

I think this is just the tip of the iceberg on announcements for SWA/AT. There will be lots of schedule reshuffles new this and new that coming.

 

[Flying the Line]

By this time next year the 800 will be doing the Int'l.

 

[ATLplt]

Lets see, SwA buys AT, AT drops Moline and gets Cancun, Mexico city, PR, SWA gets HOU-RDU. Sounds fair. YGBFSM.

Did you really just b!tch about us gaining Mexico City? We already flew to San Juan and Cancun. Would you like to trade some seniority for the privilege of flying to either of those sh!tholes?

 

[Capn Butthead]

I think there will be some interesting announcements coming up soon. I am glad to see some movement and growth. The only thing I question is that we are introducing a new market with the AirTran product that will be switched to swa in a bit of time. It's two different products (both are good!) AirTran has business class and Internet that works! SWA has our product.....

I do know this it is the start of a lot of good things for ALL of us. It is easier for AirTran to start the Mexico and Caribbean stuff because they are already trained (flown to Mexico a lot in a previous life...the paperwork is the biggest pain!) but more importantly Airtran already has OpsSpec approval to fly to Mexico and other places. Lord knows the FAA doesn't move quickly...it'll probably take a year to get approval to fly those routes...

 

[FlyByNight1]

Ive been in the industry long enough to know that anything can happen. But I've also been at SWA long enough to know that they know what they're doing. Guaranteed, they're already 3 moves ahead of whatever we are talking about on here.

 

[Whine Lover]

I think you meant "3 YEARS" ahead...

 

[scoreboardII]

Did you really just b!tch about us gaining Mexico City? We already flew to San Juan and Cancun. Would you like to trade some seniority for the privilege of flying to either of those sh!tholes?

I guess i left off the sarcasm icon, sarcasm dude, it's all good.

 

[GuppyWN]

Better brush up on my Mexican.

Gup

 

[WildcatFan]

I dont have any desire to fly to Mexico. I am perfectly happy stateside and within 3 timezones of home.

 

[ATLplt]

I guess i left off the sarcasm icon, sarcasm dude, it's all good.

I suppose it wasn't dripping enough for this B-scaler to notice. My bad, carry on.