Been hearing DEN to be next SWA crew base?

[carl p]

FWIW I heard 717 TPA and 737 LAX. I really love commuting to the West Coast.

Dude,

If I could get off the 717, I'd Daffy Duck back to the west coast so others wouldn't have to.

 

[carl p]

Carl.... San Diego would be a go!...... Your testicle.....not so much.

Wes, my wife would have to agree to let me have them back anyway...

 

[GuppyWN]

Would LAX be more popular than OAK or just as unpopular? I hope they put the base in a place where people want to live instead of where they don't. It seems that Denver would be pretty popular......what would be wrong with that? If you put a base in a popular place that will go senior it will free up vacancies in all the other bases so more people can get what they want. In any case, the more choices the better I think, it would be nice if there were 20 bases to spread out the seniority and minimize commuting to the extent possible. A few mini-bases would be an interesting experiment.

OAK is very popular. Just not if you're brand new.

BWI is the most junior base for skippers.

Gup

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

I would suppose a big part of the equation is O&D traffic for any new SWA base. The current basses are heavy O&D cities. Think big population centers.

MCO and LAS doesn't have "big population center's" BUT they have huge O and D traffic!

KBB

 

[Fubijaakr]

You won't like Kalispell in the winter. Nice place to live but a BIATCH to commute to.

 

[Whaler]

I heard the new 717 base is ASE. 73 is DEN. You heard it here first.

 

[FMEpilot]

Don't worry General... I've go you. How about LBB?

 

[piepieandbuddy]

Rumors still pretty strong that the new base will be Denver not Los Angeles.

 

[flypmp]

Still hearing LAX base

 

[Benjamin Dover]

BWI is the most junior base for skippers.

Gup

Don't forget us three stripers Gup

BWI is pretty senior from right seat view

 

[afhercdriver]

Rumor has it it is MCI! Started by me!

Jim

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

TPA was announced today (for the 717)!
KBB

 

[piepieandbuddy]

Lots of originators n DEN this spring I heard.

 

[piepieandbuddy]

Any word on the Denver base??

 

[Flying the Line]

New base announced sometime in the first quarter next year.

 

[ILUVURBANMYERS]

I am putting my eggs in the LAX basket!
Congrats Ohio State fans. Urban Myers will put you guys back on top inside of 5 years!
Go Gators! Wait till next year......

 

[737lj]

Plural?

Isn't his last name Meyer?

Oh, and +1 for DEN.

 

[GuppyWN]

I am putting my eggs in the LAX basket!
Congrats Ohio State fans. Urban Myers will put you guys back on top inside of 5 years!
Go Gators! Wait till next year......

Ohio State will always suck. They may win but they will always suck.

Gup

 

[SB Diver]

Why would SWA start a TPA 717 base when the aircraft will eventually go away, sooner or later? To me it makes sense that TPA would be the next 737 base since they will already have the pilot base infrastructure in place.

 

[Flying the Line]

TPA will be a 737 base when the company only has 737s. Right now they need another base and it won't be Tampa.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

Why would SWA start a TPA 717 base when the aircraft will eventually go away, sooner or later? To me it makes sense that TPA would be the next 737 base since they will already have the pilot base infrastructure in place.

I've been saying it for years, TPA WILL BE SWA International HUB for carribean, central and south america, the airport has the Terminal in the works, that's why they built that Dumb bridge, something about building a Intl terminal where the Cargo facility is now located.

ATL, to busy to run another big Intl operation, MCO, already has the heavy iron from Europe and no way to expand customs on that terminal (they could expand the terminal on the SWA side to build another customs area but that would take time and the government to decide to add customs agents and you know how our government moves)...the drop off and repo of the a/c is not conducive to a large operation, FLL and MIA are already hammered by everyone else! Who serves TPA? Cayman Airways and maybe BahamasAir! Ar one time Delta did a little but i believe that is gone now! Could also be pitched as an alternative to MCO for the Disney area since the theme parks are on the West side of MCO.

Later,
KBB

 

[piepieandbuddy]

Heard Denver pilot base should be announced soon. Maintenance base in Denver is set to open.

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

Meh.......