Please BUY AAI!!

[maxblast72]

This is a pointless discussion. As cheap as SWA is, they will never pay retail for anything...including other airlines. As long as AAI is a going concern, I just can't see it being worth the price.

It wouldn't necessary cost Southwest anything. Gary Kelly could offer AAI shareholders 3/4 share of LUV for every share AAI and probably get the deal done. From day 1, LUV would control an operation that has been averaging a $10 million/month operating profit for the last 15 months. Also, Southwest and Airtran would stop competing in alot of markets which would help LUV's RASM performance.

If Gary Kelly is a bean counter, you can be sure he is crunching the numbers. If his numbers indicate a merger will benefit LUV longterm, he will pull the trigger on the deal. It is not personal, just business.

 

[27 driver]

From this junior AAI FO, I would gladly take some kind of fair integration with a no furlough clause. I am on the bottom here. I would much rather be on the bottom there. I would come to work happy and with a smile every time.

Most guys and gals here at AAI have been hired post 9/11. What percentage of your group have been hired since then?

 

[Quimby]

3 pages.....that didn't take long. Maybe I'll revise it to 7.

 

[scoreboardII]

what percentage of your group have been hired since then?

45%.....

 

[27 driver]

45%.....

Wow, that many.

 

[waveflyer]

yeah- 5897 pilots

pilot # 3230 has a DOH of 9/13/2001

 

[redflyer65]

Really Genital?

Our payscales are a bit higher than Airtrans?

You mean a bit highert than Delta's right?

Funny stuff buddy.

 

[Lear70]

I think the SWA 4th year F/O's make the same as our 4th year CA's now...

So yeah, I guess you could say SWA pilots make "a bit" more than AirTran pilots. But so does nearly every OTHER major airline. Some airlines' "bit" is more than others, I guess.

 

[maxblast72]

yeah- 5897 pilots

pilot # 3230 has a DOH of 9/13/2001

For comparison, Airtran has 1632 pilots on the July 1, 2009 seniority list with 1133 hired after 9/11 (or approximately 69%).

 

[samballs]

SW buying AAI and establishing a presence in the ATL. Boy would that be fun to watch...

DL doen't know how to compete they would slowly pull out!!