Southwest Airlines to Acquire AirTran; Spreading Low Fares Farther 6:55 am - PR Newsw

[damnflyboy]

If Delta keeps up their lack of customer service in Atlanta, they will be toast when Southwest moves in. This is a fact---not even debatable.

 

[StopNTSing]

Just curious why everyone thinks that delta is going to get pushed out of ATL so easily? They have been working along side a LCC for decades now... please explain...

It's good old-fashioned FI flame-bait....don't take the bait!

 

[FlyinGuy]

Something just hit me....SWA now flies into DFW. I wonder how AA feels about that?

 

[HalinTexas]

Hmmm. NorWelta. UneeTEDinental. LUVtrain? FLyWiN? SWAT?

I like playing name combos.

 

[Full of LUV]

If Delta keeps up their lack of customer service in Atlanta, they will be toast when Southwest moves in. This is a fact---not even debatable.

Your right, Delta should cancel reserved seating and food service to better compete. I think that the two companies are chasing different customers. No doubt that having SWA in the ATL market will make them focus, I guess we'll see.
LUV

 

[COpilot]

I've always said that SWA will be ACQUIRING Tran. And all I got was smart remarks for it. Well guess what.........it is happening. Good luck to all the Tran employees.

Good job; how many shares of their stock did you have?

 

[jonjuan]

Oh man, that's hysterical.
He bashes SWAPA so much, I'd like to see him try to explain this one!
It's even funnier that everyone knows who he really is!

How long until PCL starts slapping his "We Are ALPA" stickers on WN yokes?

 

[j41driver]

How many pilots does AT have and what is the DOH for the most junior Capt and FO?

The latest list (July 31) shows 1678 on the list and most junior CA is 11/04.

 

[MCDU]

I wonder if they will change the Southwest call sign to the one Airtran uses.

M

 

[Carl S.]

How many ex-Eastern strike breakers(can't use that other word) does AirTran still have? I know my United friends are dying to meet all the IAH CO boys that have no regrets about the 80's. SWA's pilot pool might be getting dirty!!!! When some of our AWA pilots went to SWA in the early 1990's after they were doing the Ansett flying, they were told we do not like your kind, right on!!!