Midwest attacks Airtran

[instructordude]

What you meant to say was that you were talking to a couple of Empire pilots that are phoenix based flying the caravans/f-27/atr-42.....There are no Phoenix based Fed Ex pilots

There airplanes say FedEx so as far as I will say, they are FedEx dudes. They were both on the Caravan.

 

[180ToTheMarker]

There airplanes say FedEx so as far as I will say, they are FedEx dudes. They were both on the Caravan.
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Thanks...I needed a good laugh today.

 

[j41driver]

There airplanes say FedEx so as far as I will say, they are FedEx dudes. They were both on the Caravan.

Yeah...almost the same.

 

[gt1900]

Walter.. Don't forgett though that AMR is extremely competitive on thier home turf... From what I understand when AAI started doing DFW-LAX and DFW-LAS, AMR doubled their flights and then dropped prices below AAI's just to crush AAI's expansion plans at DFW. Their was another little airline called DAL that all but pulled out of DFW as well because of AMR.. AAI will not go head to head loosing money just to compete for market share. They can't afford to.... As far as the number of employees per airplane, yes they work rampers too hard. But, the other alternative is to do like Alaska and Midwest have done and fire all their in house rampers and contract the ramp to the lowest bidder... What most people are forgetting is that AAI really wants a midwest hub, and Milwaukee fits that bill perfectly. There won't be a ton of competion from the legacy's or southwest. I hear people saying F9 would be a good match, but then AAI is going head to head with SWA and UAL. Why not go for Midwest, expand Milwaukee to the max capacity of the airport, and have a huge hub that could easily be protected. Even if the current proposal doesn't go through, I wouldn't be suprised to see AAI raise the bid again and keep fighting.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Oh, I'm completely aware that the AMR nAAzis were undercutting us on the fares...but the AirTran flights were still going out full on most days even with the AA fares being the same.

Just kinda felt like we busted our asses for nothing when it was all said and done.

 

[Lear70]

There airplanes say FedEx so as far as I will say, they are FedEx dudes. They were both on the Caravan.

If I didn't know you were really just stirring the pot, that would be really, really humorous.