SWA and the B717

[johnsonrod]

Dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-lbb.

Welcome to SWA multiple leg days......right General????

 

[carl p]

Betcha a steak dinner a fair number will be California shuttle......... after the fence comes down that is.

Gup

That would make me Daffy Duck through the training academy! Sure hope your right!

 

[texman]

The 717 and crews of AT will come to swa......................................!

 

[Flying the Line]

You might see them in Denver but I have three steak dinners that say you will not see them in California.

 

[easydoesit]

I was told at the round up that at date of signing, SWA will announce they are getting roughly 30 more 717's that are now parked in Mexico and elsewhere. This came from 3 different SWAPA dudes.

 

[Ty Webb]

You might see them in Denver but I have three steak dinners that say you will not see them in California.

I'll take that bet. . . . . . And I doubt they'll be very useful out of Denver in the summer, unless they have the higher-rated engines or aren't going far.

 

[texman]

They will come to cali. Just wait for the six leg day baby!

 

[Flying the Line]

I'll take that bet. . . . . . And I doubt they'll be very useful out of Denver in the summer, unless they have the higher-rated engines or aren't going far.

I could see Witchita and Des Moines flight on 717 to Denver and Chicago.

As far as California, there are very rarely any 500's flying there, maybe a couple a day. The combined number of flights is way over 400 a day, probably closer to 500, so how many 717's would be there. When the rolling swaps start it won't do any good when the next arrival is a 717.

I could be wrong and would be the first to admit it but they are much more likely to stay between MCO, ATL, BWI, and MDW, in my opinion.

 

[TV9Driver]

I'm guessing ATL, MDW, and DAL bases. It could cover pretty much all the short haul in the country from those 3 bases...

 

[Lear70]

I'm guessing ATL, MDW, and DAL bases. It could cover pretty much all the short haul in the country from those 3 bases...

That would be my guess as well...

 

[dougdrvr]

Doesn't anyone else understand what a "white elephant" the 717 is? It's a terrific airrplane but to keep it would be a drastic departure from the tried and true tenet of the SWA basic business model? It must cost Boeing a fortune to support since there is very little in common with the DC-9, especially in LRUs. I can't see how Boeing would view it as anything but a giant headache.

 

[obadie]

No were going to have them based in Hawaii for inter island hopping.

 

[BlueYonder]

It may be a "white elephant" to Boeing, but it won't be a "white elephant" to SWA. Boeing will be forced to continue very favorable lease terms as a way to keep the aircraft from being parked in the desert.

 

[scoreboardII]

I don't think Boeing has anything to do with the lease, it's all GE. GE may coerce Boeing into updating or maintaining supply stocks for those rare parts, but it's all GE.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

I believe that all of the AirTran 717s are leased through Boeing.