How many more Trannies will Southwest need?

[Wesb737fo]

"Oh ...and don't forget..tomorrow is Hawaiian shirt day....so if you have a Hawaiian shirt...you can wear it."- Bill Lumberg.

 

[Wesb737fo]

Are the AT planes HUD equip'ed for low vis t/o and cat III approaches?

No, All of our cat III approaches are auto land. Nothing below 4000 RVR is hand flown.[/QUOTE]

It would also be cool if they implemented the IAN procedures we use for non precision approaches (no dive and drive is nice....man I've become lazy)

 

[mt2]

NO.

all growth is due to merger. GK said the airline would be zero growth thru 2012 w/o the aai merger. fwiw

Was told in re-interview that need for poolies in Q1 was NOT related to AT purchase but for SWA needs/growth (EWR, CHS, GSP, etc). Needs due to AT purchase are being evaluated by a team of SWA folks who are working hard to figure all these type of things out.

 

[funnyman12]

Unless Gary Kelly was sharing mis-information on 9/27 he clearly mentioned the first hiring to be done in 2 years due to the merger. I watched the press conference live.

 

[GuppyWN]

Guess you missed the "live" news conference this summer when we announced EWR, CHS, GSP. Those flights have to come from somewhere.

Gup

 

[Just thinking]

Southwest Airlines Reports Second Quarter EarningsDALLAS, July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --


"Given the current economic outlook and trends, we continue to approach route expansion through optimizing our flight schedule rather than fleet growth. We remain committed to reaching our financial targets before we return to any significant level of fleet growth. For 2010, our capacity will remain essentially flat with last year. For 2011, we are estimating a modest year-over-year capacity increase with no fleet growth. Although it is too early to commit, at present, we have no plans to grow the fleet in 2012, either. We will continue to monitor trends for changes and are prepared to adjust our schedule, accordingly."