Southwest Furloughs..

[Mike man]

Spirit will be gone by 2010. Airlines grow and take deliveries...right before they tank. Par for the course. I hope the pilot group enjoys financing "The CEO" with their pitiful wages.

McNugget...Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

 

[clickclickboom]

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ae?s=AAI

That is a link for what 8-10 financial analysts are predicting for Airtran for 2009 and 2010. Sub $1.50/gallon Jet A prices, $90 average ticket prices, and $100+ million in baggage fee revenues will make 2009 a good year for Airtran and most LCC carriers.

Demand for $90 tickets will not be hit as hard as demand for the $1000+ tickets that are the real money makers at the legacies.

I hope they do make a profit but statements like that are usually to drive the stock price

 

[Tejas-Jet]

<<Red Dog, just curious, what does 100 trips for pay correspond to in block hrs on average if you had to guess. Do you know what Southwest average block per pilot was for 2008?>>


MaxBlast,

It is hard for me to describe how the TFP works unless I could show you my month and break down each and every pairing I have flown.

But...my strategy is....I put my entire line in "give-away" the minute I get it.

Then I look for the pairings that pay high but block low. i.e. 13.6 pay/3.5 block ( but I'll admit those are rare).

I also take from reserves...both assigned trips and just plain old reserve blocks of days. Weekdays are best.

In February....I know a guy that got 122 TFP and 34 hrs block...just by sitting reserve on weekdays ( not getting called) and picking up on weekends. But FEb is always like that. Bet he doesn't bid a reserve line again until September or October.

the good stuff is out there...one just has to look for it...and be ready to go.

On the other hand....if one is happy with their line...they can just fly that too.

 

[maxblast72]

Tejas-Jet,

Thanks for the info. It must be nice to have to flexibility to make as much as want for a few months and then enjoy 17-18 days off for the next few months if you want to.

Do you guys get a certain TFP value assigned to a reserve period even if you don't get called? I am assuming that lineholders can pick up reserve periods on their days off and reserves can pick up trips on their days off?

 

[RedDogC130]

Reserve lines are guaranteed at 90 trip credits per month.

 

[GREAT LAKES]

Never listen to anything at a Bar.

Woke up, made coffee, read this post, LMFAO. What a way to start the day!

 

[BoeingBaller]

Welcome aboard AirTrans! If you have any questions, just axs us.

Priceless!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[IFLYASA]

Reserve lines are guaranteed at 90 trip credits per month.

So what is the first year pay per credit?? I'm a little confused how the trip credit works.. For example, if you fly 18 hours on a 3 day, what would the trip credit be?

 

[HA25]

Nice avatar. But I think your being a little too nice to Hussein Obama. You need a Cuban or Iranian Flag behind him. Never forget the road our voters have led us down: Socialism leads to Communism. The people want it and they will get it. Change is coming for sure.

About your post: Airtran will be the first to go. Not too sure about Spirit yet. A possible merger with another LCC is definately a possibility.

Oh no! The world is going to end! A muslim black man is running the US! And we're going to go left of the Soviet Union! I'm moving to China.. for some of that great free market economics that works so well!