The Master Negotiator

[SWA GUY]

Lowecur,

Their arguement may not be the best, but it's better than your "winds die down at night" theory.

Your theory is correct about winds and daytime heating and cooling creating them, but the jetstream is a different animal.

Keep trying though, you have tenacity. I'll give you that.

 

[SWAdude]

According to the release today for the first 11 months of 2004, 5 airports you serve are behind DFW as far as departure time delays: PHL - 75.37, MDW - 78.33, LAS - 78.50, PHX - 80.06, BWI - 80.99 are worse than DFW with 81.19.

Arrivals were even worse: PHL - 74.65, FLL - 76.72, LAS - 78.17, MCO - 78.50, MDW - 79.67, TPA - 79.89, PHX - 80.84, SAN - 81.00, STL - 81.03, BWI - 81.19 are worse than DFW with 81.41

If they would approve the new perimeter taxiway, the numbers would be even better. Sorry guys, not a very good arguement.

Good point actually. I can see where looking at the numbers would give you one dimension. There are other factors, i.e. other carriers at those airports, that might bring those stats down compared to our own stats. My past experience between DFW and MDW for example would be that there were far longer delays as a whole flying out of DFW due to ground congestion than MDW. Where MDW has more delays due to weather.

One thing that I find to be certain. If SWA thought they could do better in DFW than somewhere else, they would be there. And the people making those types of decisions are much smarter than you or I.

Your numbers make sense. But I'm sure your would find to be a good argument that these types of moves are not based on what the numbers might show, but what the reality might be.

 

[HalinTexas]

Well then, get business' to ante up $250M for a travel bank at DFW. Give the money to AirTran, Jetblue, and any other LCC that wants to come to town. Watch how fast AMR and SWA start to whine.

You don't get it. The point is to get government out of the way. Don't throw money at DFW or any airline operating there and repeal the WA. Let the chips fall where they may. You'd be surprised how things will shake out.