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[northstar]

... we'll see what happens. Mayor Laura Miller had a meeting with Herb today at HDQ. Maybe they swung a deal. Thass a lot of wil' toorkey.

 

[J3CubCapt]

Why does Southworst airlines think they deserve their own airport?????? MOVE TO DFW!!!!!!!!

Think about it, Do you really want SWA at DFW?

 

[Flopgut]

Think about it, Do you really want SWA at DFW?

YES! Everyone just wants a clean deal. I'm sure that sounds outlandish and perposterously "FAIR" (an absurd concept for you SWA types to grasp) but that would make everyone happy.

 

[HalinTexas]

I have to wonder if SWA would reconsider moving if DFW and it's puppet strings, aka Dallas, Ft. Worth and AMR, would consent to build a new terminal with 30 gates just north of the old Delta hangar with unlimited use of 35R/17L, with mass transit (DART and The T) directly into the terminal. That would give SWA 3 runways for arrival, their own terminal, and maybe shut some socialists up. Of course, this means that KDAL would have to be closed to airline traffic, all freight companies (UPS, Fedex, and the asian cargo carriers) would have to move off the airport, say to KAFW); and DFW airport authority would have to build a new HQ and training facilities on site, as well as give SWA the old Delta hangar, and AMR would have to retreat into no more than two terminals, say back to A and C. This would have to include all Eagle ops. as well.

Ya, think?

 

[Flopgut]

I dont see any way they could possibly be "forced" to leave. AA would probably like it, in that it would give them an excuse to abandon a money losing venture and put the blame elsewhere.

You don't see anyway? Same way it happened the first time. I think your thesis has no merit. Just like looking at an aircraft logbook: This system has a history. The SWA corrective action: Remove/replace competition.

 

[Flopgut]

I have to wonder if SWA would reconsider moving if DFW and it's puppet strings, aka Dallas, Ft. Worth and AMR, would consent to build a new terminal with 30 gates just north of the old Delta hangar with unlimited use of 35R/17L, with mass transit (DART and The T) directly into the terminal. That would give SWA 3 runways for arrival, their own terminal, and maybe shut some socialists up. Of course, this means that KDAL would have to be closed to airline traffic, all freight companies (UPS, Fedex, and the asian cargo carriers) would have to move off the airport, say to KAFW); and DFW airport authority would have to build a new HQ and training facilities on site, as well as give SWA the old Delta hangar, and AMR would have to retreat into no more than two terminals, say back to A and C. This would have to include all Eagle ops. as well.

Ya, think?

I think this, or a very close version of it, is a good idea.

 

[HalinTexas]

I think this, or a very close version of it, is a good idea.

There ain't a chance in He!! this would ever happen if you even knew what you were talking about!

That's why there were winks!

 

[Flopgut]

Truth hurts.:bawling:

You don't understand analogy, and more importantly, you don't understand NASCAR.

 

[Flopgut]

There ain't a chance in He!! this would ever happen if you even knew what you were talking about!

That's why there were winks!

Why would something like this not work? Except for all the out of pocket costs, it sounds OK. Explain to me exactly how I don't know what I'm talking about?

 

[HalinTexas]

Why would something like this not work? Except for all the out of pocket costs, it sounds OK. Explain to me exactly how I don't know what I'm talking about?

You just answered it for yourself. It goes beyond corporate welfare. As a local taxpayer I'd have kittens if I was required to pay for this stupidity.

Have you ever been to SWA's HQ? Try moving it. It costs upward of $3M and 90 days to move 1 simulator and get it recertified. Do you know how much it costs to build a terminal? Look up how much it cost to build terminal D. Now lets throw in all the lawsuits to start using 35R/17L for departures. It was built with the understanding/promise that it would be used only for landings. There was supposed to by a 36L/18R on the west side, too, but Grapevine got smart and had their downtown declared a historical landmark. Played guvmint regs against themselves against DFW Airport Authority being granted eminent domeign (sp) by the state of Texas.

Flop. It's American Internet. You can have your opinion, but you have no idea what you're talking about.