Decade long rumor of SWA buying Q400's back

[waveflyer]

I may be impressed then. But ...

But... There is nothing that would impress you about SWA brother. That was predetermined by alpa for you

 

[PCL_128]

I have to agree with all of this except 20 years . You will have your answer much sooner than that .

At the glacial speed that Gary makes decisions, I figured I'd play it conservative.

 

[PCL_128]

But... There is nothing that would impress you about SWA brother. That was predetermined by alpa for you

Nothing to do with ALPA, my friend. I just don't like your product. I don't like Chevys, either. Doesn't make it a bad car, it's just not for me.

 

[SWA Bubba]

Thanks for the response! Didn't you also code share with ATA to Hawaii? I recall SWA approached us about picking up that after ATA went under but it wasn't a good match up.

Actually, no.

We had quite a relationship with ATA when they went through BK, and that included not only buying some assets from them, but actually lending them money in a secured loan. I'm not sure whether there was actually any discussion about potential codeshare or not, but if there was, it never came to fruition. And then ATA liquidated shortly thereafter when they lost their government/military contracts. At that point, we bought some more assets at the court's BK liquidation sale.

Bubba

 

[SWA Bubba]

You can't pat yourself on the back for "stopping" something that your opposition never seriously fought for in the first place.

Why not? You pat yourself on the back all the time, and objectively speaking, your personal union-accomplishment record at AirTran is pretty thin.

Bubba

 

[redflyer65]

You forget, he like's the AirTran contract better..

Paid parking and airport reserve, it's as good as it gets.

 

[PCL_128]

Why not? You pat yourself on the back all the time, and objectively speaking, your personal union-accomplishment record at AirTran is pretty thin.

Bubba

Seeing as how I've never claimed to be an AirTran union rep, I would agree: no record at all is a pretty thin record.

 

[SWA Bubba]

Seeing as how I've never claimed to be an AirTran union rep, I would agree: no record at all is a pretty thin record.

Seriously?

"We are ALPA"? "Union Thug"? Sounds an awful lot like claiming union work to me.


Bubba

 

[PCL_128]

Aren't you SWAPA? A union is its members, not just its leaders.

 

[SWA Bubba]

Aren't you SWAPA? A union is its members, not just its leaders.

Sure, but a "union thug" is someone actually doing union work, not just a member. And any kind of "thug" is generally the guy who does the underhanded, unsavory work required by an organization, often beyond the rules or even beyond the law. Don't you own a dictionary? Or should I say, didn't ALPA issue a dictionary to go with your baseball bat?

Bubba