What is UAL Thinking? Ted Going to MDW!

[Russ]

Knowing nothing about Midway but more than I ever wanted to about ORD, it might be a good move. Does MDW suffer as bad as ORD when the WX moves in? I don't know about mainline United, but we cancelled about half our schedule yesterday in to ORD.

 

[SWA/FO]

They got fired for lying. Not for being naked. SWA doesn't like to be lied to.

 

[tranceport]

yeh, everybody has tried it over many years; however, with O'hare flight restrictions, this may be another way to get people into the city.

Don't think it's gonna work long term though b/c there is no real plan besides subsidizing fares with employee pay reductions.

Probably just lip service to creditors and the judge. Gotta look like you are trying something to get over this financial hump... before the next wave of mainline a/c get parked and feeders take over flying with their a/c. (not complaining, just reality)

 

[OffHot]

COS? not going to happen in the next five years, if ever. To much business on the East coast, to invest in COS.

 

[Jeff Helgeson]

Let's go antiquing.....

Maybe you guys are gay lovers?

Say, aren't you the guy that went antiquing last weekend with Canyonblue or were you boys just shopping for fanny packs?

 

[Jeff Helgeson]

MDW DEN might be agood idea

SWA doesn't fly to DEN or Colorado for that matter. UAL is protecting market share at DEN. IAD MDW offers an alternative for N. Virginia other than BWI. UAL passengers that live closer to MDW might take those flights in lieu of ORD.

Whether it is successful or not, who knows, but it may not be a bad idea.

 

[Mugs]

What makes you think you would get hired there? Oh yea, just tell 'em "I'm from United" hahahahahahahahahahahhohohohohohohohohohohohoohoh

Excellent point Canyon. You are absolutely correct, I should not presume anything. Maybe I should go buy the type rating, just like you did to help improve my long odds. Then I can say, "I bought the type rating just like a SWA guy, will you hire me now?"

 

[Devil Dawg]

I know this is kinda off the subject but does anyone know what Mrs. Nancy Stuke is doing these days?

 

[canyonblue]

Excellent point Canyon. You are absolutely correct, I should not presume anything. Maybe I should go buy the type rating, just like you did to help improve my long odds. Then I can say, "I bought the type rating just like a SWA guy, will you hire me now?"

Those are the hiring minimums, sorry they are so high. What was it at United again? 400 hours and a commercial license.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

Those are the hiring minimums, sorry they are so high. What was it at United again? 400 hours and a commercial license.

LOL

 

[Mugs]

Those are the hiring minimums, sorry they are so high. What was it at United again? 400 hours and a commercial license.

For a while by court order it was. Sure your hiring minimums are high, for the pocketbook especially. Just pay up and they could care less how much 737 time (none for most) you've got. If you don't get the job, well then you have a worthless piece of paper to remember it all by.

Are you a former ACA guy? Good thing UAL was solvent long enough to float that operation so you could come up with your 1000 PIC turbine over there. Glad we could help you out.

 

[canyonblue]

Are you a former ACA guy? Good thing UAL was solvent long enough to float that operation so you could come up with your 1000 PIC turbine over there. Glad we could help you out.

Yea thanks! After witnessing the clusterf*ck that was United first hand, I never sent them an application. So I guess by United being United, they did help me out.

 

[TurnLeft]

This link in reference to SWA in Colorado.


http://www.krdotv.com/DisplayStory.asp?id=8782

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

SWA is going to fly into DEN...next. you heard it here first.

Good guess SWA/FO. Right on the money.

 

[SWA/FO]

Knowledge is power!

 

[canyonblue]

Originally Posted by SWA/FO
SWA is going to fly into DEN...next. you heard it here first.

Good guess SWA/FO. Right on the money.

Technically we went to Fort Meyers next, but my Union brother is quite the Nostradamus.

 

[jackel]

idiot

hey swa/fo......do your 737's still run on 87 octane......or did you guys stop parking at the bp at the end of all the runways......maybe thats where the cheap gas is coming from

 

[SWA/FO]

Don't think it was a BP, a$$hole. It was a cheveron. They run on 93 octane. I guess, you made your 4th post count, huh.uke:

 

[AdlerDriver]

Technically we went to Fort Meyers next, but my Union brother is quite the Nostradamus.

Nostradamus? Maybe, but any chance he might have read this article instead of his tea leaves?

Southwest Airlines expanding to Denver
Friday, October 21, 2005; Posted: 9:42 a.m. EDT (13:42 GMT)

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Southwest Airlines Co. will resume service in Denver next year after a 20-year absence, likely triggering lower fares yet posing fresh problems for airlines already struggling with higher fuel prices.

Although Southwest has shunned Denver International Airport for more than a decade because of its high costs, the Dallas-based carrier -- in the midst of an expansion -- reconsidered because those costs have declined.
It will compete head-to-head against United Airlines as it emerges from bankruptcy and Denver-based Frontier Airlines Inc., which together have about 75 percent of DIA's market.

here's the link to the whole thing if you want it.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/10/21/bi.southwest.denver.ap/

 

[SWA/FO]

Dude, I called it back in January 2005....I know the next two cities too..