SWA to Panama City

[RedDogC130]

No your a Kernal....

 

[Colonel Savage]

And you're stupider than I thought. You must like abuse.

 

[GuppyWN]

And you're stupider than I thought. You must like abuse.

Kernals are easy targets and you're proving it. I'd quit while I was behind.

Gup

 

[Colonel Savage]

That's ok. I'm lifting weights this morning, and the extra adrenalin is making for a great workout!

 

[AlbieF15]

As a Panama City resident, all I can say is "WELCOME!". Hope your crews get a great hotel and a decent layover on the beach. I'll be buying at least 4 tickets a quarter for my family to go SOMEWHERE, and I suspect you will have folks driving from as far east as Tallahassee, as far north as Troy, and as far west as Mary Ester to take advantage of the new service.

Thanks for showing up, and I'll do my best to support you as a paying customer.

Eggs and Grits at Coram's are about as good as I've had around here...and the Oysters at Hunts are great too. Enjoy!

 

[chase]

Albie,

Hope to see you on one of these flights and your family. Hope all is well. Got a chance on my first Fedex jumpseat the other night....great service from OAK-MEM-SAT....hope to catch up some time.

Hope all is well with you, the misses and family.

 

[Luckie13]

I think Panama City is a mistake. They have totally lost the Pensacola AND Mobile crowd. All of the places you mentioned above can drive to Pensacola very easily. The airport is right off the highway and they would pull from a larger geographic area AND a larger population base. Panama city is 2 hours from the EAST side of pensacola (mapquest) and almost THREE from Mobile. Pensacola would have drawn passengers from all of the areas mentioned in this thread except Tallahassee, but who is there besides seasonal college students? Panama City will draw from very few. They also have foregone the transient Navy/Marine Corps traffic from all of the pilot/NFO/aircrew/maintaiiner STUDENTS at Pensacola in favor of less transient Air Force personnel at the Eglin/Tyndal/Hurlbert complex. Lastly, no offense Albie, that place doesn't exactly roll with tourists in the winter time. It is very seasonal. There is something else at work here....little bit of Air Force mafia in mgmt? Just my 2 cents......ok.....maybe a quarter.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

I think Panama City is a mistake. They have totally lost the Pensacola AND Mobile crowd. All of the places you mentioned above can drive to Pensacola very easily. The airport is right off the highway and they would pull from a larger geographic area AND a larger population base. Panama city is 2 hours from the EAST side of pensacola (mapquest) and almost THREE from Mobile. Pensacola would have drawn passengers from all of the areas mentioned in this thread except Tallahassee, but who is there besides seasonal college students? Panama City will draw from very few. They also have foregone the transient Navy/Marine Corps traffic from all of the pilot/NFO/aircrew/maintaiiner STUDENTS at Pensacola in favor of less transient Air Force personnel at the Eglin/Tyndal/Hurlbert complex. Lastly, no offense Albie, that place doesn't exactly roll with tourists in the winter time. It is very seasonal. There is something else at work here....little bit of Air Force mafia in mgmt? Just my 2 cents......ok.....maybe a quarter.

The reason why WN is going into PFN is b/c of a 38 million dollar subsidy...they can't lose money on this one...

 

[runwayjockey]

That's ok. I'm lifting weights this morning, and the extra adrenalin is making for a great workout!

Hey KERNAL,

I think I saw you at the gym today. You were the one bench pressing 20# weights in your airline uniform.

 

[Colonel Savage]

No, I wasn't there.

 

[AlbieF15]

The reason why WN is going into PFN is b/c of a 38 million dollar subsidy...they can't lose money on this one...

Exactly. St Joe corporation will take the risk out of the equation hoping to turn this "driving destination" for Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville, and other southern cities into a fly in city for some mid west and mid east cities. Destin, FWB, and PC are all likely to pick up some extra traffic from some non-traditional sources? Will it be enough to make a profit? I don't know, but with St Joe (JOE) priming the pump maybe we will see some new traffic.

I think anyone who used to go to Daytona or Ft Lauderdale to enjoy the coast might enjoy our beaches even more. At least there is a shot now, and I while I am sort of concerned about the "forgotten coast" and the "emerald coast" gettting more attention, I'm also brimming with a little hometown pride. I love it here, and hope those SWA crews bouncing in and out have enough time to enjoy some of it too.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Exactly. St Joe corporation will take the risk out of the equation hoping to turn this "driving destination" for Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville, and other southern cities into a fly in city for some mid west and mid east cities. Destin, FWB, and PC are all likely to pick up some extra traffic from some non-traditional sources? Will it be enough to make a profit? I don't know, but with St Joe (JOE) priming the pump maybe we will see some new traffic.

I think anyone who used to go to Daytona or Ft Lauderdale to enjoy the coast might enjoy our beaches even more. At least there is a shot now, and I while I am sort of concerned about the "forgotten coast" and the "emerald coast" gettting more attention, I'm also brimming with a little hometown pride. I love it here, and hope those SWA crews bouncing in and out have enough time to enjoy some of it too.

One of my friends did the calculation- they only have to charge around 50 dollars a person to break even with that size of a subsidy.

 

[GuppyWN]

How do you know? How many flights and to what destinations?

I'm all for free money!

Gup

 

[AlbieF15]

8 flights a day.....2 to unrevealed destinations, 2 to Nashville, 2 to BWI...

 

[Whataburger]

How far is the drive to the Panama Canal. I've always wanted to see that.