Delta ramping up 717 flights in ATL and DTW. Thanks SWA!

[madjack]

It's great to see legacy pilots bad mouthin SWA....means times are good and raises are coming for all...

 

[canyonblue]

It's great to see legacy pilots bad mouthin SWA....means times are good and raises are coming for all...

Of course, the past 10 years they've been b!tchslapped down. Now all of a sudden they feel like they can sit with the adults again. Spend some time working on meaningful Scope language for the love of God.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Of course, the past 10 years they've been b!tchslapped down. Now all of a sudden they feel like they can sit with the adults again. Spend some time working on meaningful Scope language for the love of God.

There it is, the Warrior Spirit. The arrogance floats to the top.

 

[waveflyer]

Arrogance?
C'mon, you know deltoids can't preach on that topic billi

 

[redflyer65]

There it is, the Warrior Spirit. The arrogance floats to the top.

That's laughable. The DL arrogance has always been so thick you could cut it with a knife. They only thing that slowed them down was the bankruptcy, and that only lasted a couple of years. Most SW guys are laid back and relaxed. Big difference in flight deck attitudes. At least the SW guys aren't ragging on the regional guys saying "you've got to get out because you're job and life suck". Let people do their own thing and find their own happiness for God sake. Unbelievable.

 

[Mercyful Fate]

That's laughable. The DL arrogance has always been so thick you could cut it with a knife. They only thing that slowed them down was the bankruptcy, and that only lasted a couple of years. Most SW guys are laid back and relaxed. Big difference in flight deck attitudes. At least the SW guys aren't ragging on the regional guys saying "you've got to get out because you're job and life suck". Let people do their own thing and find their own happiness for God sake. Unbelievable.

Even the guy who pretends to be a Delta pilot is a arrogant know it all turd. Guess if you are going to pretend, do it 100%.

Woo hooo 88 717's!

 

[Scoot 11]

That's laughable. The DL arrogance has always been so thick you could cut it with a knife. They only thing that slowed them down was the bankruptcy, and that only lasted a couple of years. Most SW guys are laid back and relaxed. Big difference in flight deck attitudes. At least the SW guys aren't ragging on the regional guys saying "you've got to get out because you're job and life suck". Let people do their own thing and find their own happiness for God sake. Unbelievable.

Sorry you didn't get hired.

 

[madjack]

The litmus test is when they stop sharing the vans....

 

[HowardBorden]

SWA spends $100 million year 1 to net $200 million annually--THANKS DELTA!

Southwest Airlines says it will spend about $100 million to convert AirTran Airways' Boeing 717s, but Chairman, President and CEO Gary Kelly insists the expense is justified to eliminate all 88 of the 100-seat aircraft from Southwest's fleet.

The cost is in addition to $40 million provided separately by Boeing.


Southwest CFO Laura Wright added that Southwest expects a $200 million boost in annual pre-tax income from replacing the AirTran 717 service with 737s that accommodate 26 more seats at roughly the same trip cost.


Southwest also says the sublease income it will get from Delta is "essentially a wash" with its ongoing rental expense for the aircraft.

The low-cost carrier says it would have spent $50 million to reconfigure and repaint the 717 aircraft if it had kept them for the Southwest fleet. Instead, it signed a deal with Delta that will send three of the 717s to the legacy carrier each month, starting in August 2013.


http://aviationweek.com/awin/southwest-boeing-spending-140m-717-conversion

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Meanwhile Howard....you pay a reduced but almost full price for a NEO or NG. Ok..I follow....I think.