Southwest breaks ground

[Ty Webb]

The SWA Agents have told me that the AAI system is like the old system they used to operate. . . . . . . . A couple of FAT Pilots told me that there was no way it could handle the volume.

Oh, well, there you have it, then. :laugh:

The Main system is not what the agents use, or Reservations, or DX, or MX, or Scheduling or Ops. They are all modules that have their own interface and then interact with the Main system through protocol.

I seriously doubt that AAI's "system" wouldn't be able to handle SWA's operation, with some modest server and licensing upgrades, but I don;t know that for certain, unlike your FAT experts.

 

[densoo]

Southwest breaks ground.

...........

Disregard. I thought this thread was about the LGA runway 4 touchdown zone after their nosewheel-first landing.

 

[madjack]

Doh!!

 

[redflyer65]

"Well, except for being able to charge for bags, assign seats, operate 24 hours a day, interface with distribution systems like Orbitz and Sabre, and operate Internationally, it was only marginally better".

Fixed it for you, Red. :

Ty,

From a working/programming prospective, Navitaire (similar to the SW in-house res system) was not going to carry us into the future like Amadeus will Ty. As above, similar to a DOS operating system.

Amadeus is the only system that will truly break down charging models, if the company wants to do that (and I think they will). Want to charge more for a certain seat out of certain city on odd dated Wednesdays? Amadeus allows all of it. You get the point. Navitaire didn't bring anything to the party in that regard that was sustainable for the future. Again, not much better than the SW system.

Oh, and SW has never wanted to be apart of the Orbitz/Expedia crowd. I don't see that changing at all. Their goal is to feed everyone to Southwest.com and sell them rental cars, hotels, vacation packages, etc. This part of the SW system has worked out very well.

 

[Ty Webb]

Ok, fair enough. :beer:

 

[shagadelic]

What is interesting is that come January 1st, we will start taking reservations via Amadeus for international travel on Southwest for travel in June. Domestic will be done on CS2 and Airtran will continue to have that system in place. So for much of 2014, we'll have 3 systems running. From talking to a high level ground ops guy, who is also former AT, there is no date yet for merging CS2 and Amadeus. In other words, Amadeus will be our international system and CS2 will be our domestic. I thought we'd be flipping the switch at some point next year and be 100% Amadeus. From talking to that guy, it's not anytime soon, so I wouldn't be so sure about charging for bags, etc in the near future.

 

[ron burgundy]

Ty,

From a working/programming prospective, Navitaire (similar to the SW in-house res system) was not going to carry us into the future like Amadeus will Ty. As above, similar to a DOS operating system.

Amadeus is the only system that will truly break down charging models, if the company wants to do that (and I think they will). Want to charge more for a certain seat out of certain city on odd dated Wednesdays? Amadeus allows all of it. You get the point. Navitaire didn't bring anything to the party in that regard that was sustainable for the future. Again, not much better than the SW system.

Oh, and SW has never wanted to be apart of the Orbitz/Expedia crowd. I don't see that changing at all. Their goal is to feed everyone to Southwest.com and sell them rental cars, hotels, vacation packages, etc. This part of the SW system has worked out very well.

SWA is 3 yrs deep..Into the future! Why isn't Amadeus functional at this point??

 

[GhettoBeechjet]

Ron the answer given to that by Sr. Mgt. was that it is taking that long to modify it to be compatible and interface with WNs back office software. The good news is this project I being done by real professional outside contractors instead of WN IT so it may actually work and be on time.

 

[Tweaker]

From the title, I thought this would be just another runway/taxiway excursion.

So this!

Booorrring.

 

[scoreboardII]

What's wrong with DOS, SimCity started there?

 

[scoreboardII]

Ron the answer given to that by Sr. Mgt. was that it is taking that long to modify it to be compatible and interface with WNs back office software. The good news is this project I being done by real professional outside contractors instead of WN IT so it may actually work and be on time.

Funny, I heard those contractors walked when confronted with cutting edge 80's technology, and the internal IT group is patching things together again, that's why its taking so long.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

unlike your FAT experts.

That must have been the guys in front of me at Potbelly's, they took all the cheese, D@*& the B@$^@$#*!

KBB

 

[waveflyer]

SWA is 3 yrs deep..Into the future! Why isn't Amadeus functional at this point??

You sound like a passenger livid about why we can't land in a blizzard -
It's 2013 for christ's sake!

Or maybe it's not a simple as we think

 

[dicko]

Disappointed. When I read the title to this thread, I thought it referred to the KLGA accident.

 

[redflyer65]

From the title, I thought this would be just another runway/taxiway excursion.

A day late and a dollar short my friend. ^^^^^

 

[dicko]

A day late and a dollar short my friend. ^^^^^

Damn. I suppose I should have read the thread. I was afraid it was going to be full of posts by Flopgut, weeping over the destruction of the fair city of Houston.

Nobody loves Houston like United and Flopgut. Nobody.

 

[redflyer65]

Haha. Flop definitely loves it more than Jeff Smisek. He could give a sh!t.

 

[Flopgut]

Haha. Flop definitely loves it more than Jeff Smisek. He could give a sh!t.

Every day that goes by is one more closer to the day SWA gets a bad CEO

BTW: Houston's mayors office and the Houston airport authority have turned 180 degrees from their screw CAL mantra. I don't know what's changed their minds, but they did get the message. Your new terminal needs to produce the numbers you promised. Even if it takes getting other airlines in there, HAS will do it. I think they realize they are going to have to save face and that the celebration you enjoyed at CAL's expense better not prove to have been premature. Again those numbers are 10000 jobs, 1.6 billion boost to Houston's economy and $130 airfare to BOG. You don't need to worry about UAL, just focus on making Houston happy. You have 4 gates, good luck.

 

[dicko]

Every day that goes by is one more closer to the day SWA gets a bad CEO.

like Jeffey ?

Again those numbers are 10000 jobs, 1.6 billion boost to Houston's economy and $130 airfare to BOG. You don't need to worry about UAL, just focus on making Houston happy. You have 4 gates, good luck.

Regarding those job numbers - Should we subtract the people Jeffey fired when he had a tamper tantrum, after the city gave SWA approval ?

Kisses.

 

[scoreboardII]

Every day that goes by is one more closer to the day SWA gets a bad CEO.

Unlikely. As much as GK is disliked, he is still a SWA blooded man, the next CEO will also be from those roots.

BTW: Houston's mayors office and the Houston airport authority have turned 180 degrees from their screw CAL mantra.

Did I miss where UCAL was going to bring all those jobs they removed from Houston when they originally said they wouldn't?

know what's changed their minds, but they did get the message. Your new terminal needs to produce the numbers you promised.

Numbers WE promised, in a terminal WE built and paid for, or else what?

Even if it takes getting other airlines in there, HAS will do it.

No problem, they can use the agreed to one gate, OR build their own ********************ing terminal just like SWA did.

I think they realize they are going to have to save face and that the celebration you enjoyed at CAL's expense better not prove to have been premature. Again those numbers are 10000 jobs, 1.6 billion boost to Houston's economy and $130 airfare to BOG. You don't need to worry about UAL, just focus on making Houston happy. You have 4 gates, good luck.

Actually five gates if we want, read the agreement.