Who might Southwest merge with?

[Wesb737fo]

Holy cow, just imagine...... Southwest Maintenance combined with Airtran Pilots. Danger Danger Danger!!

That's flame bait right? Or are you just gay? I have more time in the 737 than you have total time so please feel free to keep your trap shut.

 

[jke406]

The real question is whether SWA will make the AirTran guys re-interview for their jobs. With SWA's culture and the specific skill set they're looking for...don't think many Air Tran guys can measure up.

If they could, wouldn't they have gone to SWA to begin with?

 

[Secret Squirrel]

The real question is whether SWA will make the AirTran guys re-interview for their jobs. With SWA's culture and the specific skill set they're looking for...don't think many Air Tran guys can measure up.

If they could, why wouldn't they have gone to SWA to begin with?

Your mother is so fat, she jumped up in the air and got stuck

 

[CaptSeth]

The real question is whether SWA will make the AirTran guys re-interview for their jobs. With SWA's culture and the specific skill set they're looking for...don't think many Air Tran guys can measure up.

If they could, wouldn't they have gone to SWA to begin with?

Oh, I don't know. I think the pilot groups at those properties are not all that different. Actually, I think they're a great match.

 

[labatt]

Holy cow, just imagine...... Southwest Maintenance combined with Airtran Pilots. Danger Danger Danger

I don't care who you are, that's pretty good humor. I'm with AirTran

 

[contrail67]

Why, is WN not a Major?



BTS 8-08
Contact: Dave Smallen, Tel.: (202) 366-5568
Thursday, February 14, 2008
BTS Releases November 2007 Airline Traffic Data;
11-Month 2007 System Traffic Up 3.2 Percent From 2006

The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines during the first 11 months of 2007 grew by 3.2 percent from the same period in 2006, reaching 706.6 million, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported in a release of preliminary data (Table 1).
BTS, a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that in November, the most recent data month, U.S. airlines carried 59.9 million scheduled domestic and international passengers, 0.7 percent fewer than in November 2006 (Table 2). The number of domestic passengers decreased 1.5 percent in November from a year earlier and international passengers increased 5.4 percent (Tables 7, 13).
The combined domestic and international system load factor of 80.3 percent from January through November was a record for the 11-month period (Table 1). Load factor measures how much of the airlines’ passenger capacity is used.
During the first 11 months, U.S. airlines carried 22.6 million more total system passengers than during the first 11 months of 2006. U.S. airlines would carry a record number of passengers in 2007 if the growth rate over 2006 is sustained in the final month of the year.
U.S. airlines carried 3.1 percent more domestic passengers and 4.6 percent more international passengers during the first 11 months of 2007 than during the same period in 2006 (Tables 7, 13).
Top Airlines
Southwest Airlines carried more total system and more domestic passengers for the first 11 months than any other U.S. airline (Tables 3 and 9). American Airlines carried more international passengers than any U.S. carrier (Table 15).
America West Airlines and US Airways are now operating under a single certificate and are reporting jointly as US Airways for the first time. Numbers reported as US Airways in this release for previous years do not include America West’s numbers. See the notes for system, domestic and international airline ranking tables 3, 4, 9, 10, 15 and 16 for 2007 and 2006 passenger numbers previously reported for America West.

They are not a Legacy carrier. They are under the LCC/Major catagory. SWA carried more DOMESTIC passengers...yes..that is because they are not doing any international routes...that will even begin to compare to the Legacy airlines.

 

[Dude]

You know how I know you're gay?

 

[Charlie Brown]

Getting this thread back on track, I think the assets of F9 would make a good fit. We could dump the Airbii, and ramp back up deliveries of the -700s from Boeing. Small pilot group, access to new airports, i.e. LGA, MSP, Mexico and Canada routes, and the biggest prize--DEN.

 

[contrail67]

You know how I know you're gay?

Truth hurt?

 

[PCL_128]

The real question is whether SWA will make the AirTran guys re-interview for their jobs. With SWA's culture and the specific skill set they're looking for...don't think many Air Tran guys can measure up.

If they could, wouldn't they have gone to SWA to begin with?

The new law doesn't allow for this "reinterview" nonsense that some of the SWA dooshes have suggested on this board. ALG-Mohawk is how it goes.

And no, many of us never wanted to work for SWA, and I'll be very happy if I never do.