SWA dropping Skywest codeshare

[redflyer65]

A little blast from the past....






:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Very NIIIICE.

 

[GuppyWN]

SWAPA negotiates very well for its membership!

 

[DonVerita]

Working for an airline management (SWA) that actually honors the contract it signs....Priceless.

And thank you to SWAPA for identifying the devil that is RJ's and nailing them to the wall with a crossbow bolt straight through the head.

 

[waveflyer]

"Southwest’s pilot contract doesn’t allow for that kind of code-share flying in the U.S.", he said.
He would in a heatbeat if he could.

Give GK his props, man. This is why guys get worried about acquisitions- the beaten dog syndrome and ALPA corruption-

Can you give up the fight? How about cynicism?

 

[carl p]

Kudos SWAPA and SWA!

 

[Yuppyguppy]

PARK'EM. WAY TO GO GUYS!!!! Send the teens packin....wooo hooo!!!!!

 

[General Lee]

Southwest to Drop SkyWest Code-Share Flights Done for AirTran
By Mary Jane Credeur - May 18, 2011
Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV), which completed the purchase of AirTran Holdings Inc. this month, plans to end the smaller carrier’s flights to six Midwest cities operated under a code-sharing agreement with SkyWest Inc. (SKYW)

Future service to those cities, which were linked to AirTran’s Milwaukee hub, hasn’t been decided, Southwest Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly said today in Dallas after the airline’s annual meeting. Southwest’s pilot contract doesn’t allow for that kind of code-share flying in the U.S., he said.

SWA doing what DAL won’t do. Hey DAL, watch, you may learn something.

Do the same with VOLARIS, TOMORROW. Do it, or just shut it. Comair will be down to 44 total planes, after having over 200. That's better than your Skywest deal. Freedom Air (Mesa) E145s are gone. ASA was forced to dump lots of 50 seaters over to United, away from Delta. Expressjet had an LAX base with E145s, and they are gone too. Get your facts straight, and let the Airtran guys teach you how to fly to Mexico.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

SWAPA negotiates very well for its membership!

But NOT for future members. As OYS continues to say, GO FOR ARBITRATION, it will be worth it.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[-9Capt]

SWAPA negotiates very well for its membership!

True, but having a management group that respects it's workers is a big part of it. I've worked for a few hostile management groups that exploit the RLA at every opportunity. I can name a dozen airlines that would have dragged this out as long as possible if for no other reason than to prove a point to their pilots.

 

[homerjdispatch]

So whats the check amount for SkyWest? Im sure SkyWest isnt too upset as its only 6 planes and they need them as spares currently anyway. Plus the termination cost will be a nice boost to SkyWest bottom line...

 

[Hose A. Jiminez]

do the same with volaris, tomorrow. Do it, or just shut it. Comair will be down to 44 total planes, after having over 200. That's better than your skywest deal. Freedom air (mesa) e145s are gone. Asa was forced to dump lots of 50 seaters over to united, away from delta. Expressjet had an lax base with e145s, and they are gone too. Get your facts straight, and let the airtran guys teach you how to fly to mexico.


Bye bye---general lee

streaker....streaker....streaker!!!!!

 

[Hose A. Jiminez]

but not for future members. As oys continues to say, go for arbitration, it will be worth it.


Bye bye---general lee

streakerrrrrrr quoting himself!!!

 

[Lear70]

streaker....streaker....streaker!!!!!

LOL

That's pretty funny...

On the other hand, I'm sure SkyWest will be just fine. I'm glad it's not a significant enough hit on their total operation that people will be furloughed from it, I'd never want to see someone out of a job over something like this, but I have to say I'm glad to see the "codeshare" gone.

RJ's need to be eliminated except on small routes to itty bitty rural airports that Uncle Sam wants to pick up most of the tab for (that won't support a 90+ seat airplane). 70 seaters and larger need to be flown at the mainline level. This whole thing was designed to bring B-Scale airlines into existence paying less for labor in EVERY category, thus increasing net profits. Scope it out of existence and keep it there.

I do have to say, it really seems as though the hiring curve was about to swing back towards hiring more people and it may not end up doing anything but evening out the decrease in RJ's over the next couple years at several carriers (DAL and UAL/CAL most notably) until age 65 retirements start happening again...

 

[redflyer65]

Do the same with VOLARIS, TOMORROW. Do it, or just shut it.

Bye Bye---General Lee

Really General?

Delta codeshares with 12 other airlines, and outsources domestic flying with over 800 regional jets. Do you really think you have the credibility to throw that stone?

Codesharing with Volaris on less than 2% of our ASM (MAX) is nothing compared to what Delta has done. Plus ZERO RJ's, and ZERO long range international codeshare. When we go long range, it will be with our pilots.

RF

 

[GuppyWN]

Word.

Gup

 

[Skybus]

In time Private. This Volaris is strictly a stop gap measure. Rumor has it that Skywest was considering this anyway as it was rumored the airframes were more needed at DL.

 

[GhettoBeechjet]

LOL

That's pretty funny...

On the other hand, I'm sure SkyWest will be just fine. I'm glad it's not a significant enough hit on their total operation that people will be furloughed from it, I'd never want to see someone out of a job over something like this, but I have to say I'm glad to see the "codeshare" gone.

RJ's need to be eliminated except on small routes to itty bitty rural airports that Uncle Sam wants to pick up most of the tab for (that won't support a 90+ seat airplane). 70 seaters and larger need to be flown at the mainline level. This whole thing was designed to bring B-Scale airlines into existence paying less for labor in EVERY category, thus increasing net profits. Scope it out of existence and keep it there.

I do have to say, it really seems as though the hiring curve was about to swing back towards hiring more people and it may not end up doing anything but evening out the decrease in RJ's over the next couple years at several carriers (DAL and UAL/CAL most notably) until age 65 retirements start happening again...

Lear you are a wise man but I disagree with you on one point. The problem isn't the RJs. The problem is the continued outsourcing. I don't care if we fly 152s into Brownfield, TX (KBFE) as long as they are flown by our pilots under our contract. Its the outsourcing to the lowest bidder that has lowered the bar for everyone.


Luv,
Ghetto

 

[texman]

LOL

That's pretty funny...

On the other hand, I'm sure SkyWest will be just fine. I'm glad it's not a significant enough hit on their total operation that people will be furloughed from it, I'd never want to see someone out of a job over something like this, but I have to say I'm glad to see the "codeshare" gone.

RJ's need to be eliminated except on small routes to itty bitty rural airports that Uncle Sam wants to pick up most of the tab for (that won't support a 90+ seat airplane). 70 seaters and larger need to be flown at the mainline level. This whole thing was designed to bring B-Scale airlines into existence paying less for labor in EVERY category, thus increasing net profits. Scope it out of existence and keep it there.

I do have to say, it really seems as though the hiring curve was about to swing back towards hiring more people and it may not end up doing anything but evening out the decrease in RJ's over the next couple years at several carriers (DAL and UAL/CAL most notably) until age 65 retirements start happening again...

Lear itty bitty or not no scope relief at SWA. Even if we get Q400's. SWAPA pilots fly it all.

 

[WalterSobchak]

The problem is the continued outsourcing.

Smart man.

Speaking of outsourcing, take a gander at what the FAA is considering (page 55)...no doubt being pushed through by our friends at Jeppesen.

 

[generaltso]

Whats that... theres extra RJ's on the market now? Someone call Delta!!!