Delta 717's

[General Lee]

I'm looking forward to leaving the 88 and going to the 717. It's going to feel like a brand new airplane and I might even be more senior. I'm betting that after several come on line that the flying will look very different than the dc9.

I think it will be somewhat limited by range, but it should pick up current routes between large cities that are currently served mainly by CR9s and E170s, like DTW to IAH, DFW, and BDL. The CR9s and E170s will then fill in for departing 50 seaters. Recapturing old mainline routes, and upguaging to larger, more comfortable planes, that pay better. Have fun on it, I think it will have an EFB also.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[vixin]

Minimally profitable while owning nothing, yea that's going to work out well.

With oil below $80 pbl and at RJ wages. Oil above that and higher wages not so much. They also had one of the highest debt to equity ratios, but dont tell a FAT this. It was great at the tranny. They were growing, kicking butt and taking over the world. I have posted numerous times the financial troubles they were having but the FATS here just dont want to come down to reality. Afterall, they had 50 airplanes on order. We all know orders are for sure deliveries.

 

[Ty Webb]

With oil below $80 pbl and at RJ wages. Oil above that and higher wages not so much. They also had one of the highest debt to equity ratios, but dont tell a FAT this. It was great at the tranny. They were growing, kicking butt and taking over the world. I have posted numerous times the financial troubles they were having but the FATS here just dont want to come down to reality. Afterall, they had 50 airplanes on order. We all know orders are for sure deliveries.

When I was hired at AirTran, we had 620 pilots. We tripled in size in ten years, and were profitable through all but the very worst quarters, during what was probably the toughest time in the history of the Airlines.

There are a lot of reasons SWA bought us, and most of them are lost on you. You're not looking for a debate, you are looking for justification, which is why I rarely read anything you post.

 

[ASADFW7]

Are we at this again? Man it is over.

 

[waveflyer]

Are we at this again? Man it is over.

This^^^^

Vixin, are you an unbiased source of financial information? Are you going to convince anybody of anything? Are you going to change anything? Rework the SLI more to our favor?


Since none of that will happen, what are you doing now then except doing your little part to poison our own well- get the f^ck over it everybody and shut up

 

[vixin]

Hey numbnuts. I am over it and dont really care about it anymore. I dont care about the FATS either. Our union sucked during that time but as many of the SWAPull junkies state that ship has sailed. just supplying information that is easily attainable. You may want to try that sometime. Plus I was just retorting Tyboy.

Yes . . . How terrible! We went from 30 or so crappy, -300 style airplanes in 2000, to a fleet of over 135 fuel-efficient, new or newer airplanes in 2010, most of which were leased, while we quadrupled our cash position, and paid off debt.

What a house of cards! We're so lucky you bought us, and saved us from our profitable self.

 

[waveflyer]

Yeah- well I've got 20 more years that id rather have be happy than f^cked with infighting, so maybe instigators on both sides could decide to just let sh/t slide?

Maybe, numbnuts?

And maybe you can answer why the hell IPad wants to change numbnuts to bum Nuts everytime!
Answer that f-ing question, and you'll have the air tran thing all sorted out

And if that doesn't make any farking sense to ya, you should down a couple o' Irish car bombs too and see how farking well you post!



Paddy's

 

[waveflyer]

Yeah- well I've got 20 more years that id rather have be happy than f^cked with infighting, so maybe instigators on both sides could decide to just let sh/t slide?

Maybe, numbnuts?

And maybe you can answer why the hell IPad wants to change numbnuts to bum Nuts everytime!
Answer that f-ing question, and you'll have the air tran thing all sorted out

And if that doesn't make any farking sense to ya, you should down a couple o' Irish car bombs too and see how farking well you post!



Paddy's

 

[SWA Bubba]

Yeah- well I've got 20 more years that id rather have be happy than f^cked with infighting, so maybe instigators on both sides could decide to just let sh/t slide?

Maybe, numbnuts?

And maybe you can answer why the hell IPad wants to change numbnuts to bum Nuts everytime!
Answer that f-ing question, and you'll have the air tran thing all sorted out

And if that doesn't make any farking sense to ya, you should down a couple o' Irish car bombs too and see how farking well you post!



Paddy's

Uh...

I think you may have started with the Irish Car Bombs a little too early, Wave... St Patrick's Day isn't until Sunday. (But I suppose why let a little technicality get in the way...)

Bubba

 

[scoreboardII]

me thinks someone left their screen in the lounge open....