Friday Afternoon Breaking News- Dallas

[Flopgut]

Score: Explain the reality we're faced with right now, OK. I'll tell you who the players are later.

How does AA get thown off the airport and you stay?

 

[V1Cutt]

Maybe you should read the news story instead of ass-ume. It might explain why AA would be leaving Love. This ain't a great deal for SWA (if it becomes true), it's essentially a 50/50 compromise and it's not the deal we have been pushing for. I would expect WAY more for my "bribe" money.

 

[Flopgut]

V1cutt: BS. How about the thru ticketing. You'd like to not talk about that wouldnt you. Highway robbery pal.

 

[V1Cutt]

I'd be happy to talk about it. It's what every other carrier at every other airport in the USA does. Is there something else to it?
Tough competition is the American way my friends - we've fought some tough battles to get this company where it is and this one is just the latest.
When this whole thing comes out of the wash, I'll be interested in this. But for now, ZZZZZZ

 

[Bill Nelson]

SWA is the one that is going to get screwed if the gates are limited to 20. They have 21 right now.

Best thing that will come from this is the fact that the consumer will win huge. 9 years from now, SWA will go to DFW and kick AMR's ass again and then they will cry foul that Southwest is at DFW. Go figure on that.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

V1cutt: BS. How about the thru ticketing. You'd like to not talk about that wouldnt you. Highway robbery pal.

I might be wrong but to the best of my knowledge....you were not present at the meetings that took place between the cities of Dallas and Ft. Worth on this issue. How do you know how they came to any agreements?

While SWA and AA were not a party to these discussions, they were asked to attend a few of the meetings....According to last weeks Dallas Morning News...one airline sent representatives....another did not....you guess which is which. Did they think that the discussions weren't going anywhere? Or did they think that the whole process would come to a screeching halt without their presence?

Don't worry....CAL Express will still have their gates at DAL and maintain that feed from DAL-IAH...and I guess they will also pay the same landing fees that SWA does as long as they are flying into and out of DAL.

Tejas

 

[Tejas-Jet]

V1cutt: BS. How about the thru ticketing. You'd like to not talk about that wouldnt you. Highway robbery pal.

Sorry I ignored the thru-ticketing. Actually it was our Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison who first suggested thru-ticketing as a interim while the Wright discussions took place. This suggestion came some time ago. But looking at her language, it was pretty clear where the Wright (Wrong) Amendment was going.

Highway robbery? To who? I'm quite sure the consumer is pretty happy with it...and really, thats why we're in this business, right? For the consumer.

In addition, it was our ( I'm gonna assume that you live in TX) Senator Hutchison who first approached the idea of a local solution to the Wright issue. She told the Mayors of Dallas and Ft. Worth that the repeal of the Wright Amendment was gaining momentum in Washington and that a local solution would be more acceptable to Washington. Thats how you have the local politicians coming up with this "compromise."

Still nothing on who was bribed and how much....

Tejas

 

[scoreboard]

Score: Explain the reality we're faced with right now, OK. I'll tell you who the players are later.

How does AA get thown off the airport and you stay?

There is no splainin punky.

This is a news report with rumors, no factual content, you made the contention of back room deals, you need to pony up with proof or shut up.

You'll tell us later? BS pal, you have no proof, so can it flop.

 

[Flopgut]

There is no splainin punky.

This is a news report with rumors, no factual content, you made the contention of back room deals, you need to pony up with proof or shut up.

You'll tell us later? BS pal, you have no proof, so can it flop.

OK, I'll concede. It will be hard to know "how much" [bribe assertion], the question should be how else? I should not make an accusation of a bribe, I apologize.

That does not change the nature of what we know to be true so far on this deal. The metroplex, under politcal pressure, is considering a solution that forces AA to leave the airport. That precludes a free market. I think they probably got that idea by looking at what worked in the past. There is ZERO downside to this for SWA (of course SWA would know nothing of downside) and any possible inconvenience you might have from this in the future, well, you'll just launch another web site or something. Wait how stupid of me, you'll use the same website you do now! Same campaign, SET LOVE FREE! SWA needs more gates at DAL or you airfares might go up. You'll take the remaining gates and then probably have a new terminal built for you with DFW money. Who knows, obviously, crazier things have happened.

The free market is not a winner in this. Never has been a Love Field.

 

[Flopgut]

Maybe you should read the news story instead of ass-ume. It might explain why AA would be leaving Love. This ain't a great deal for SWA (if it becomes true), it's essentially a 50/50 compromise and it's not the deal we have been pushing for. I would expect WAY more for my "bribe" money.

I read the news story. Are you sure you did? Leaked details indicate AA will be forced to leave Love. An AA spokesperson indicated they aren't aware of that possibility at all. Clearly, it's an ambush. How else would you characterize it? Tough competition? Tough competition would have been over at DFW. You don't get to make a "competition" claim by having your rival escorted from the playing field. That's true even in SWAland.