SWA to have a third aircraft?!?

[180ToTheMarker]

I think the biggest problem SWA will have in the A T L is the talent pool. Welcome to the jungle boys...

 

[thrasher]

I predict once the extended fences are removed, SWA won't be flying 717's.

 

[dh82dvr]

I predict once the extended fences are removed, SWA won't be flying 717's.

Why??

 

[redflyer65]

Since we fly to 450 destinations on 6 continents of course we have to have some help.
Since you fly to 71 destinations in 36 states, I would sure hope you have your own flying in house.

Wow, that's hilarious coming from a company that has NINE fleet types eating at the bottom line and a pilot contract with a weak scope clause(over 800 Connection airframes).

RF

 

[thrasher]

Kelly wants more seat capacity. The 717 is a dead, nice plane, not much support for the 20 plus years SWA wants to fly their a/c. If SWA flew it to those smaller cities we never intended to serve, it might be hard to turn a profit with no bag fee's and SWA pay rates (Pilots, FA's, ground, and MX etc) across the board. My bet is fence 2-4 years. Everyone keeps their seats even if the master SLI shows otherwise. Fence comes down, Boeing takes the 717 leases back and SWA replaces those with 800's or something bigger, hopefully. SLI integration happens, most (not all) pilots happy

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Now that's just rich. Sound's like your the perfect employee for Airline management. You can care less if DAL is doing the the flying as long has you have lots of destinations . I wonder how many pilots DAL will have on the property in 5 years, with your kind of thinking.

Wrong einstein. I said when you go to over 450 destinations you need some help. We cover the GLOBE, you cover west texas.

I am sure math is not your stronger point, but roughly DAL had 28 pilots per destination, SWA has 87. Perfect numbers if I was DAL CEO. As a pilot ( if you are one) nothing to be bragging about.

Again dip********************, you cover only 1/2 the US....We cover 6 out of 7 continents
I realize math is your strong point, because you used it to pay for your job!

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Wow, that's hilarious coming from a company that has NINE fleet types eating at the bottom line and a pilot contract with a weak scope clause(over 800 Connection airframes).

RF

It'll be even more hilarious when you're slinging gear for an AT pilot who DIDN'T pay for his type!

I realize you expended most of your math skills in paying for for your training, but check again, on howmany connection airframes there are. And now many more are parking.

 

[Bill Nelson]

It'll be even more hilarious when you're slinging gear for an AT pilot who DIDN'T pay for his type!

What makes you think the AirTran pilots aren't going to be paying for a type? Talk of probation too.

 

[slaquer5]

Wrong einstein. I said when you go to over 450 destinations you need some help. We cover the GLOBE, you cover west texas.


Again dip********************, you cover only 1/2 the US....We cover 6 out of 7 continents
I realize math is your strong point, because you used it to pay for your job!

Wow do you eat with that mouth. I can only imagine what some SWA pilot did to your wife

 

[redflyer65]

but check again, on howmany connection airframes there are. And now many more are parking.

Let me check my math skills...

880 down to around 800 airframes is STILL a lot of airframes! Haha.

I love it when you and General start talking about the RJ reductions to come. It's like adding a drop of water to the ocean. Good luck with that 'Scope out RJ's', which is the most ironic name I've ever heard for a Delta guy...who likes bashing SW. Which doesn't have ANY RJ's. Just classic.

The NINE airframe 'synergies' are really starting to hit home for Anderson. It looked good on paper to right size the routes and the aircraft, but at the end of the day when you see all those extra parts sitting around....well, not so much.