SWA to add up to 50 new destinations over the next few years as it continues to grow.

[tankerhead]

Phew Red...tirade was all cued up...

Thanks man.... =)

Let it out, man! Lest you pop.

 

[canyonblue]

I think the General should bring that avatar back. It'll be very retro, like the old days of FI . . . . or it's predecessor, the Flight Instructor's Message Board. That place was a riot.

If @ssholes could fly, that board would have been an airport itself. :laugh:

Having been around almost as long as you, I'd like to see you bring back the Frank Zappa avatar. Based on many of your musings I always pictured you to look like that. Come on Ty, bring it back!

 

[texman]

What killed your optimism tex?
Thought you were a culture man?

I am optimistic. Gary has been playing chess while most of us are trying to figure out how to King a checkers piece...
It's just a different thought process- look at things systemically and it's what SWA has been planning for years
They've been as honest as they can be- it's up to us to connect the dots

Yes your right about connecting the dots, but it will be through shifting capacity.

 

[Ty Webb]

Having been around almost as long as you, I'd like to see you bring back the Frank Zappa avatar. Based on many of your musings I always pictured you to look like that. Come on Ty, bring it back!

I'd forgotten about that one! :laugh:

If the General brings back the car, I'll bring back Frank.

Whaddaya say, GL?

 

[FIREMAN]

All instructors believe something big is about to go down. Training is adding eight new instructors and a large number of new check airman. Could some of the senior check airman be leaving to another aircraft?

Separating the FOM and AOM could be an indication of another aircraft coming.

They are also currently looking at expanding current training center or building a complete new one.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Ran out of wall space to hang patches and flight suits? ;-)

 

[Skyboy722]

All instructors believe something big is about to go down. Training is adding eight new instructors and a large number of new check airman. Could some of the senior check airman be leaving to another aircraft?

Separating the FOM and AOM could be an indication of another aircraft coming.

They are also currently looking at expanding current training center or building a complete new one.

Eight whole instructors, huh? That would be about right to replace the ones who quit from being worked to the bone. After all, a lot of these guys are retired pilots who aren't quite ready to go work in the garden. But their current workload is way more than they signed up for.

Not seeing a need for a new training center though, or even an expansion of the one we have...

 

[FIREMAN]

Eight whole instructors, huh? That would be about right to replace the ones who quit from being worked to the bone. After all, a lot of these guys are retired pilots who aren't quite ready to go work in the garden. But their current workload is way more than they signed up for.

Not seeing a need for a new training center though, or even an expansion of the one we

All sim bays are accounted for. IF they are looking at an additional aircraft type they will need more simulator room.

 

[scoreboardII]

You realize the building was built to keep building toward the runway? They could put another ten or fifteen sims in that building if they expanded it North, just like they did last time.

Separating the FOM/AOM was done for one reason, the 717, that was the new airplane coming down...

Eight instructors is nothing, and probably to account for the retirees who quite after finding they had to work eight or more hours a day.

Please, do NOT fall for the rumor of the week from the sim palace, those guys are paid to spill tidbits of false hope at every chance they get. It only took the pilots 40 years to realize this.

 

[humveedriver]

Yes your right about connecting the dots, but it will be through shifting capacity.

True statement. Largest capacity shift in SWA history will happen as a result of the WA, new slots and int'l.

 

[Erlanger]

Southwest Airlines from 02NOV14 expands operations at Washington area, with the launch of 2 new routes each from Dulles and Reagan Airport. Washington Dulles - Las Vegas 1 daily 737-700
Washington Dulles - San Diego 6 weekly 737-700
Washington Reagan - Akron/Canton 1 daily 737-700
Washington Reagan - Indianapolis 2 daily 737-700