It is time! Swa/Alaska

[Capi_Cafre']

A friend at Horizon mentioned that a bunch of the people that you see all the time but nobody really knows what they actually do got pinkslipped recently.

 

[rtmcfi]

Just to further stir the pot, SkyWest rescheduled their earnings call to November 8th. There have been lots of southwest rumors floating around SkyWest.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071030/latu167.html?.v=15

 

[debo007]

For what its worth, a friend of mine at Skywest who has been there 20 years called me 2 weeks ago out of the blue and said they were hearing that a feeder partnership with us at SWA was basically a done deal. He said voting in ALPA would be the only deal-killer

I told him he was crazy but who knows.

 

[ferlo]

Herb Kelleher was in First Class on Alaska Last week...probably going to AK to fish however.

 

[Noserider76]

Don't open the scope door at all. You guys have a great thing going flying all your own pax (with the exception of the ATA codeshare). We've lost over 3000 pilot positions since I joined my company 7 years ago, mainly due to RJ proliferation. Don't give another inch on scope. Once you open the door you'll never get it closed again.

If the company wants to serve smaller markets with smaller aircraft, you need to make sure it's Southwest pilots doing the flying.

 

[SWA/FO]

Hey Noserider 76,

I agree 100% with your statement.

 

[airlinepilot]

Word on the street is the announce ment is the 8th and that last week senior managers where brought in to sign non-disclosure statements about what was going on. ALso a FA's just back from annual training in DAL were told to get their passports.

 

[RJones]

Don't open the scope door at all. You guys have a great thing going flying all your own pax (with the exception of the ATA codeshare). We've lost over 3000 pilot positions since I joined my company 7 years ago, mainly due to RJ proliferation. Don't give another inch on scope. Once you open the door you'll never get it closed again.

If the company wants to serve smaller markets with smaller aircraft, you need to make sure it's Southwest pilots doing the flying.

Problem is the door is wide open already, in fact it's off the hinges sitting in the dumpster. A huge problem to solve now as I see it.

RJ

 

[Sioux115]

For what its worth, a friend of mine at Skywest who has been there 20 years called me 2 weeks ago out of the blue and said they were hearing that a feeder partnership with us at SWA was basically a done deal. He said voting in ALPA would be the only deal-killer

I told him he was crazy but who knows.

That rumor was going around over three years ago when I was in initial ground school. Well I guess it wasn't much of a rumor because it came directly from Jerry. HE said they were in talks with Soutwest about the feasability of RJ feed but it didn't really get very far, especially with the pilot union.

 

[Tanker Clown]

I hear that SWA is going to buy Delta just to make the general do LBB overnights. I figure spite is as good of a reason as any to buy another airline. The good news is that he won't have to take pay cuts again.

 

[Hoke]

Word on the street is the announce ment is the 8th and that last week senior managers where brought in to sign non-disclosure statements about what was going on. ALso a FA's just back from annual training in DAL were told to get their passports.


All of our check airmen have had to sign confidentiality agreements since on or around October 1.

 

[Mea25000]

Every Time I hear this stuff I just have to laugh... Yeah we both have 737's but we have mainly 400, 800, and 900's... I think only 16 700's. Two very different company's no way! Now if you said Delta I might believe it a little but even there we will be the last to know.

 

[DashTrash400]

Check Airmen made to sign confidentiality agreements, LoL! That's just downright funny. I can hear senior management now: "OK we need to keep this absolutely quiet till the eighth. This is top secret info, distributed on a need-to-know basis. That means top management personnel only: the Board, CEO, CFO, and the VPs. And oh yes, the Check Airmen."

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

It all makes sense!

Check Airmen made to sign confidentiality agreements, LoL! That's just downright funny. I can hear senior management now: "OK we need to keep this absolutely quiet till the eighth. This is top secret info, distributed on a need-to-know basis. That means top management personnel only: the Board, CEO, CFO, and the VPs. And oh yes, the Check Airmen."

I was in the training center late last night, and I asked the custodial engineer about it. She just said, "?Que? Cuidado! Piso mojado!" and walked away. I'm pretty sure that means, "I'm not allowed to speak on that matter."

They've gotten to her, too!

 

[Flying the Line]

There are only two possible outcomes of an announcement.

1. wireless internet to be installed.

or

2. tickets will be available on expedia, orbitz, ect.

no one will be purchased. period.

 

[OPNLguy]

Word on the street is the announce ment is the 8th and that last week senior managers where brought in to sign non-disclosure statements about what was going on. ALso a FA's just back from annual training in DAL were told to get their passports.


All of our check airmen have had to sign confidentiality agreements since on or around October 1.

Was announced today that there will be no more rumors until after the merger...

 

[igneousy2]

I heard it was the 18th not the 8th...it was just a typo by the original poster.

 

[Capi_Cafre']

I heard that John Kelly got to serve his murder sentence at a mansion in Sun Valley.

 

[ferlo]

Capi.

1. the quote from BSNYC is brilliant

2. The judge decided not to press murder charges even though the facts were obvious and, for anybody else, would have resulted in a life prison sentence...ju$tice in America. How proud our former CEO must be of his legecy.