What do you call Airtran?

[jonjuan]

Unemployed?

 

[eaglesview]

OK here's the deal.

I'm in line at security last week in front of one of your bro's. I ask "how are things at da Tranny" trying to chat the guy up. In return I get "I don't work there." After carefully studying the "a" on his wings and the "AirTran" on his badge I say "oh, I thought you were an AirTran guy." He says "yes I work for AirTran."

I knew he was now pissed at me and instead of apologizing I simply said "uh, ok" and walked off hoping he was going to jumpseat on my flight!

Should I refrain from da Tranny next time? Lord knows I'd hate to get all of you pissed at me.

Gup

You can ask him yourself when you see him in ops in the next few months.

PS what ever you do keep SWAPA not ALPA

 

[shootr]

PS what ever you do keep SWAPA not ALPA

I guarantee that's how it'll go.

 

[tzflyer]

I managed to offend an inflight crewmember who was also a former AirTran employee like me by saying "weren't you a tranny?" Turns out that is a slang term for Transvestite, so maybe the new Southwest nickname is much better

 

[johnsonrod]

How about Southern Corn Dog????? Corn Dog dripping in grits. Yeah, probably not....

 

[Simon Says]

Airtran was started by Mesaba. When Value Jet (not the pilots mind you) put put one in the swamp they needed a new certificate. Northwest told Mesaba to get rid of the 737 certificate out of Orlando. Hence a match made in heavan.

 

[Pilot Knob]

Nice.

 

[Simon Says]

Nice.

Sorry, I re-read my post and it sounded a little trashy. I updated it a little. Not trying to flame Airtran, just a quick synopsis of how you became who you are.

 

[skidbuggy]

Sorry, I re-read my post and it sounded a little trashy. I updated it a little. Not trying to flame Airtran, just a quick synopsis of how you became who you are.

For those who don't remember or weren't flying then, they went by the "Manatee" callsign.

 

[Wesb737fo]

I have no doubt he thought I was tool. That wasn't the question. The question was if you guys went by da Tranny. This dude obviously took offense to it.

Gup

Don't worry about the haters. That kind of stuff doesn't bother me. Personally I call it "The Tran". When I came to aai, it quickly became apparent to me that my current employer did not value or respect crew members the same way that your airline currently does. If the deal closes, I will welcome the change.