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

[Tristar]

Let me be the first to say "Southwest Sucks!"

 

[i fly boxes]

wow southwest now flies international - to the carribean!

 

[GuppyWN]

wow southwest now flies international - to the carribean!

That's actually pretty funny.

Gup

 

[SkiFishFly]

Wow. Just freakin wow. I don't know for sure but I feel like I just won the lottery. At least this should take all the worries of an impending strike off the table.

 

[jetvison]

Looking forward to working with the SWA folks on the merger. At face value (whatever that is) this could be a great thing.

 

[skidbuggy]

Anyone remember Muse Air? Or the heartburn experienced with the acquisition of Morris?

Time to turn the seatbelt sign on... I think it's going to be a bumpy ride.

I hope it works out for both sides.

 

[johnsonrod]

Wow. Just freakin wow. I don't know for sure but I feel like I just won the lottery. At least this should take all the worries of an impending strike off the table.

Seriously, good luck with it as I hope it works out for you. Ironically, you sound very much like some Frontier pilots I know two years ago...

Let's hope the integration is fair - no staple this time around!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[737tanker]

Can someone clarify something for me. With the new laws, I don't think SWA can just staple us to the bottom. I believe there has to be some kind of integration, even if its not favorable to the AAI guys. Is that correct?

Since SWA is acquiring more than 50% of AirTran the new law says that the list must be merged on a "fair and equitable basis". In some cases that could be a staple, in other cases it could be DOH. In the case of SWA and AirTran I think it will be whatever an arbitrator decides!

 

[DIAMONDDD]

Airtran guys....get used to some tools telling you that you should be thankful for whatever they give you because you are lucky to have a job. SWA pilots are a good group of people, but, for some reason, some pilots can't help themselves from being complete DBs.

 

[yoyoma]

Airtran guys....get used to some tools telling you that you should be thankful for whatever they give you because you are lucky to have a job. SWA pilots are a good group of people, but, for some reason, some pilots can't help themselves from being complete DBs.

hahaha! if i had a nickel for every ahole capt who told me this at swa i could retire at 59 instead of 65