Southwest, New Crew Base announcment

[V1Cutt]

I did hear though, from a mechanic whos girlfriends sisters friend knows a guy who dates someone whos Mom was in DAL last week that we are firing all male flight attendants and going back to hot pants with bikinis optional from May till November. This is a reliable source, you heard it here first.

 

[waitin]

Now THAT would be a winning announcement for the "Spirit Party"....

 

[jp1030]

from the horses mouth

From GK's weekly address last week:

"I’ve been on the road quite a bit every week and have had the pleasure of spending some time with many of our Crew Members. I’ve heard a number of rumors regarding a new crew base and, in fact, heard that many of our Employees are planning on attending the Spirit Party in Las Vegas next week with the expectation that we will be making an announcement. So, let me tell you, let me put those rumors to bed. We will not have any announcement in Las Vegas about a crew base next week. We are
looking at a handful of potential locations for a new base for 2007 but have not made any final proposals or decisions on that at this point and it’s going to be a while, I think, before our various Departments complete their analysis and make a proposal. So we might have an announcement later this fall, but it certainly won’t be next week."​

 

[Purpled]

From GK's weekly address last week:​

"I’ve been on the road quite a bit every week and have had the pleasure of spending some time with many of our Crew Members. I’ve heard a number of rumors regarding a new crew base and, in fact, heard that many of our Employees are planning on attending the Spirit Party in Las Vegas next week with the expectation that we will be making an announcement. So, let me tell you, let me put those rumors to bed. We will not have any announcement in Las Vegas about a crew base next week. We are
looking at a handful of potential locations for a new base for 2007 but have not made any final proposals or decisions on that at this point and it’s going to be a while, I think, before our various Departments complete their analysis and make a proposal. So we might have an announcement later this fall, but it certainly won’t be next week."​

Bummer.

In other news, I hear you guys have a TA, true?

 

[Hardcorr]

Phx chief pilot told me no announcment for six to eight weeks. They have it narrowed down to two locations.

 

[TexaSWA]

Bummer.

In other news, I hear you guys have a TA, true?

We have only been negotiating for a week or so.

 

[homie]

A friend of mine who interviewed a couple weeks ago was told at the interview that it was between Denver and Tampa. Vegas was out of the question because office space at KLAS is very expensive. It's cheaper to put 20 crews up a night in hotels than it would be to have a base there.

Who knows......

 

[SWAdude]

A friend of mine who interviewed a couple weeks ago was told at the interview that it was between Denver and Tampa. Vegas was out of the question because office space at KLAS is very expensive. It's cheaper to put 20 crews up a night in hotels than it would be to have a base there.

Who knows......

How about 50 crews.

Thats the real number.

And yes...who knows...