Lear70
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That is almost a direct quote from a recent pilot recurrent / initial class by senior management.Yea, you have slots in the NE which we need.
The MKE hub is not a huge attractor, although it would help somewhat for a Midwest expansion, it's location simply makes it difficult to connect to anywhere except the Pacific Northwest with the 717. Everywhere else you can go easily within a 2 hour stage length of MKE we already do with the 717 (MKE-MSP, EWR, BOS, etc).
The big draw is your aircraft (same fleet type) and the gates you have in places such as JFK and other difficult hubs to break into.
Not my opinion, just a restatement of what our illustrious leaders have already said privately. I think it's a pretty hefty price to pay for that, but SWA evidently thought the same thing about ATA's gates in ORD, so what do I know.