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[Lear70]

Cowboys!!!

 

[SWA/FO]

Here's to Cowboys and TPA overnights!!! Whew!

 

[dh82dvr]

Cowboys!!!

I'm told that not too far away you can see cowboys holding hands. They have the hats apparently, so they must be cowboys right?

 

[StopNTSing]

Thought I'd give this one a bump since it's the first time in more than two years that I haven't seen a SWA-ATN thread on page 1.

 

[Skyboy722]

Thought I'd give this one a bump since it's the first time in more than two years that I haven't seen a SWA-ATN thread on page 1.

Yeah, I'm bored. Let's FIGHT!!!

 

[Lear70]

Cowboys!

 

[27 driver]

Thought I'd give this one a bump since it's the first time in more than two years that I haven't seen a SWA-ATN thread on page 1.

Its been nice. Let this thread die. Like Wave said.....lets all just move on. These threads are divisive. SWA guys are pissed....AAI guys are pissed. There have been many threads and nobody has changed their opinion. Just let it die. Time for American to take the spotlight.

 

[Ty Webb]

Its been nice. Let this thread die. Like Wave said.....lets all just move on. These threads are divisive. SWA guys are pissed....AAI guys are pissed. There have been many threads and nobody has changed their opinion. Just let it die.

Yup.

It seems to me that, as time goes on, pilots on both sides are seeing a little more of the other side's point of view.

 

[FlyinGuy]

Yup.

It seems to me that, as time goes on, pilots on both sides are seeing a little more of the other side's point of view.

That right there is some funny.....oh....I think you were serious???

 

[Lear70]

Well, if you wanted something to talk about, the tentative first 6 months of fleet transition to SWA for next year is available. Just hit the email about 90 seconds ago...

As has been mentioned, the SWA F/A's approving their overwater flying will allow SWA to start picking up SJU, all SJU flights to be transferred to SWA by late Summer 2013, allowing the closure of the 737 MCO base (that's not in the email but it is what is prompting the MCO 737 base closure).

The first 8 CA and FO MCO 737 slots will be in January now instead of March. The remaining between July and Sep, depending when they want to finish the base downsizing. That bid will have to come out next month. A few CA's will be bypassing to ATL.

The rest will all be ATL slots with the last of the MKE closure in April.

I don't know how many airplanes will go to SWA next year with the SJU flying departure, probably 3 or 4 if the staffing remains consistent with what they pulled down this year.

 

[Lear70]

Oh yeah, 717 F/O transitions are:

4 - Jan
8 - Feb
9 - Mar
3 - Apr
12 - May
16 - Jun

CA

4 - Jan
8 - Feb
6 - Mar
3 - Apr
12 - May
8 - Jun

11 fewer CA's over that same time period.

Which is interesting since the 717 departure schedule next year are 3 airplanes per month, or about 18 crews per aircraft (18 CA's, 18 F/O's, 36 total people for 3 aircraft per month). If they don't pick up the pace of the transitions to correspond with that, the AAI 717 side is going to be grossly overstaffed by the end of the summer, even worse than it is now.

Hope for our 717 peeps that the 3rd quarter 2013 and later transitions pick up dramatically!

 

[Phlintstone]

It seems to me that, as time goes on, pilots on both sides are seeing a little more of the other side's point of view.

No, it is just that all the dead horse beating stopped because the glue factory picked up the corpses.

For me, SWA will just be a job...nothing more. I will fly safe, be nice to folks, collect my pay and go home...no round ups, spirit week, kick tail or any of the other extra stuff. Oh yea, hopefully I will not have to commute very long.

Phred

 

[Quimby]

No, it is just that all the dead horse beating stopped because the glue factory picked up the corpses.

For me, SWA will just be a job...nothing more. I will fly safe, be nice to folks, collect my pay and go home...no round ups, spirit week, kick tail or any of the other extra stuff. Oh yea, hopefully I will not have to commute very long.

Phred

That's the way it is everywhere now.