SWA buys ATA

[Whine Lover]

Methinks Roughneck was bored today and wanted to have some fun...(?)


YKW

 

[Whine Lover]

From the AFA Union E-mail:

DC-10 Update

"ATA will receive 9 DC-10s from Northwest, 7 of which we will
operate and 2 being saved for parts. These aircraft are
"Third-hand Roses". In the mid-70's four were acquired by
Swissair, 2 by Korean Air and the last started with Varig in
1980.

Interesting Historic Factoids about these A/C . . . . the former
Swissair N223NW accumulated a total of 131,045 hours and 28,861
cycles and is believed to be the aircraft with the highest
number of flying hours, ever..."


YKW

 

[GuppyWN]

From the AFA Union E-mail:


Interesting Historic Factoids about these A/C . . . . the former
Swissair N223NW accumulated a total of 131,045 hours and 28,861
cycles and is believed to be the aircraft with the highest
number of flying hours, ever..."


YKW

WOW! That's 15 years of flight time. Every hour of every day for 15 straight years.

Incredible.
Gup

 

[elcid]

No way this is legit. Do you really think SWA execs are going to spill the beans on the jumpseat and release info via FO's on flightinfo. That would be the stupidest, most unprofessional thing I've ever seen. This is flame bait, pure and simple. Why are we even discussing this?

 

[LUVChild]

Expect this to be announced soon. Had a company VP on the js this morning and that is what he said anyway.

He also said expect a European codeshare announcement with Lufthansa in the Fall.

LOL!

Seeing as how this VP had no problem announcing our purchase of another airline to some random pilot he just met, I'm sure you won't mind telling us which SWA VP it was?

I've got to agree with a previous poster. This smells of flamebait.

Now, had the USAir purchase of Delta gone through, I could see a Southwest purchase of ATA being in the cards. But for the time being, there's really no logical reason to do so. Gary's a smart guy, and he realizes all the hassle a merger/acquisition brings with it. I don't think he'd do it unless he felt we had no other option.

 

[atafan]

No, this is a legit story. A SWA F/A told me the same story it must be true!

 

[Whine Lover]

I LOVE (LUV?) Kooky Town!

"Take me down, to Kooky Town. Take me down, to Kooky Town..."

It's HAPPEN'In Mofo's...


N

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Or Maybe...

"Mommy, can I have a Biscuit?"


YKW

 

[roughneck]

I was just repeating what I was told. We will see where it goes.

 

[swa737-700]

I was just repeating what I was told. We will see where it goes.

OK. Which VP told you this info? Simple question.

Did they ask to keep their identity secret?

 

[Whine Lover]

Fair question.

R-Neck? Ball's in your court...


YKW