SWA Plan Flights to Europe

[JJET44]

Believe me, the ATA pilots will wet themselves to be able to fly SWA int'l codeshare. That carrot that "maybe SWA will take our pilots if this int'l code share works out and they aquire us" will most certainly ensure ATA pilots will lower their pay to whatever it takes, especially if it means more shiney old airplanes come on the property.

Rumor around the campfire is that if anybody it'll be North American who does the Europian stuff and ATA for the Latin American stuff. ATA only has 757's and they wouldn't be able to do eastern Europe with them.

 

[WabiSabi]

Rumor around the campfire is that if anybody it'll be North American who does the Europian stuff and ATA for the Latin American stuff. ATA only has 757's and they wouldn't be able to do eastern Europe with them.

ATA does have DC-10's on the property. However, there's scuttlebutt about those going to World.

 

[JJET44]

ATA does have DC-10's on the property. However, there's scuttlebutt about those going to World.

I doubt that they'll use them for sched. service. Noboby uses DC-10's anymore for pax service within the US.
Who knows,GAL could take the 767's from us and desolve NAA. We're small. 10 airplanes <200 pilots.

 

[Formula 1]

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007...N-COM-US-Southwest-International-Flights.php/


What's the chances of this flying actually going to North American now that their owned by Global Aero Logistics?
NAA has 757/767's and the cheapest labor of the three companies they own!!

This article is dated June 2007. This is old news.

 

[JJET44]

well okay then here's some new news!
Just found out today that NAA will be flying from the west coast to hawaii for SWA this winter. I don't know if we're replacing ATA or if we are just helping them out during peak demand periods with the 767's.

 

[bigboeings]

Where did you hear this?

 

[HalinTexas]

Rumor is repeated at ATA. I believe it will be replacing some B737 flights, while as adding some flights as well.

This is the whipsaw I was talking about.

 

[bigboeings]

A 767 replacing a 737, sounds like some expansion. I hope that they don't cut any of your flying as a result of this.

 

[greenbayfan]

If there were ever a group of pilots that could be whipsawed, it is at ATA....

 

[JJET44]

Any new news from SWA about Europe?

 

[HalinTexas]

Any new news from SWA about Europe?

Zero. Don't expect any for a while.

 

[Fins Up]

Don't count out Jetblue-- They already have the quals!

We only have 1 hour ETOPS so trans-Atlantic is kinda tough with pax on board. I think the only outfit doing 2 hour ETOPS in an A320 are some folks in Australia.

 

[JJET44]

We only have 1 hour ETOPS so trans-Atlantic is kinda tough with pax on board. I think the only outfit doing 2 hour ETOPS in an A320 are some folks in Australia.

There is no 1 hour ETOPS. That isn't Extended. 60 min is normal unless you mean 120 min ETOPS.

 

[Fins Up]

Yeah maybe that's it. In any case, there ain't enough land across the Atlantic unless you go way north along Canada, Greenland, Icleand, to Europe. That's not very economical.