Southwest breaks ground

[canyonblue]

I am pretty sure Airtran was looking at an asset sale with ATA. No planes or pilots. That was how it was explained to me.

I was told by a former ATA Pilot that in order to appease Mayor Daley, who wanted to ensure all ATA employees would not lose their jobs, all the pilots were offered interviews at AirTran. Of course he was told that he would not necessarily be interviewing for employment as a pilot.

 

[humveedriver]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/southwest-trumps-airtran-in-117m-bid-for-atas-assets

AirTran-90 mil
SWA-117 mil

According to the article, the plan was for ATA to continue operations as a smaller carrier.

 

[HalinTexas]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/southwest-trumps-airtran-in-117m-bid-for-atas-assets

AirTran-90 mil
SWA-117 mil

According to the article, the plan was for ATA to continue operations as a smaller carrier.

With less than 400 pilots, all ops moved to KIND. Charter only.