Midwest: We're Happy AirTran Didn't Purchase Us, Too

[Donsa320]

Sure! Why not? but I guess because that cat jumped out of the bag about 10 years ago. The only thing we can do now is negotiate the best scope we can, hoping the Airline doesn't find a way around it.

10 yeras ago? Try closer to 30 years ago. That genie is so far out of the bottle, the bottle is lost.

Want blame? Try APA and AA and the "B" scale, that was the origin.

DC

 

[relief tube]

Airtrans a bunch of vultures with their expansion.....MDW and IND after ATA, now MKE after midwest shrinks. What's next- memphis and cincy?

 

[Lear70]

Airtrans a bunch of vultures with their expansion.....MDW and IND after ATA, now MKE after midwest shrinks. What's next- memphis and cincy?

Hmmm... "relief tube"...

Does that mean that all you spit out is crap?

Just wondering...

 

[CitationLover]

10 yeras ago? Try closer to 30 years ago. That genie is so far out of the bottle, the bottle is lost.

Want blame? Try APA and AA and the "B" scale, that was the origin.

DC

You can blame WHOEVER you want, but what are you DOING about it? You only control the present and the future.

 

[Donsa320]

You can blame WHOEVER you want, but what are you DOING about it? You only control the present and the future.

Well, I'm retired so I can do nothing. However in the day this is what we did do. When we (North Central Airlines) merged with Southern Airways we found that they (Southern) had a 13 airplane Pt135 operation going. Those Metro pilots were on the bottom of the Southern list. We integrated them by DOH into the combined list, no bickering. Any of those people still left will be on an A-330 or better as Captain right now. That is what we did.

What did you people do for Skyway?

 

[Wesb737fo]

Airtrans a bunch of vultures with their expansion.....MDW and IND after ATA, now MKE after midwest shrinks. What's next- memphis and cincy?

What you posted (from your "vulture" comment and your little jab at the age 60 rule) makes absolutely no sense. Uninformed and ignorant is no way to go through life, son. Wake up and realize it. Get on the team.

 

[RIDETHELIGHTING]

Airtrans a bunch of vultures with their expansion.....MDW and IND after ATA, now MKE after midwest shrinks. What's next- memphis and cincy?

Wow!! what a dumba$$.

 

[fam62c]

Airtrans a bunch of vultures with their expansion.....MDW and IND after ATA, now MKE after midwest shrinks. What's next- memphis and cincy?

Taking advantage of opportunity is smart business.

 

[CitationLover]

What did you people do for Skyway?

Our MEC offered to integrate them into our seniority list and management turned it down.

 

[Kharma Police]

Airtrans a bunch of vultures with their expansion.....MDW and IND after ATA, now MKE after midwest shrinks. What's next- memphis and cincy?

Unfortunately, this is a "vulture" industry. Some examples that come to mind; SWA in PHL and BWI at the expense of USAIR, Delta in ATL at the expense of Eastern, AA in RDU at the expense of Midway.

 

[maxblast72]

Don't forget AA helping kill companies like Braniff, People's Express, and Legends. Good companies attack weak companies, protect their home turf, and take advantage of opportunities made possible by others companies failures.

Fornaro and crew spent alot of time studying the MKE market as they made their takeover attempt. They saw a weakness and attacked last summer with 30 flights a day with the fuel efficient 737 platform in Midwests core markets. No different than Delta sensing Airtran was weak late last summer and Richard Anderson ratcheting up the pressure on Airtran by not reducing capacity in competing markets. Luckily for Airtran, fuel prices dropped as hard and quick as they spiked or things might be very different in the ATL this spring.