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Old 12-06-2023, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
Some on this board already voted no....

I voted for Hank.
The second VP job was split off to allow one person to handle our money and give it 100 percent of their attention. It is essentially the comptroller.
Having flown with Hank and picking his brain and after reading all the candidate platforms, it was an easy choice for me. He lives, eats, and breathes this stuff. I must say this is one of the few times that I would have voted for every one of those folks and not felt an ounce of regret, though. Quite refreshing.
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Old 12-13-2023, 12:50 PM
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Looking to leave a legacy, how long to hold PHX? i figure the amount of premium flying and short stay on reserve will be way better then the legacy im at.
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Old 12-13-2023, 01:02 PM
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Looking to leave a legacy, how long to hold PHX? i figure the amount of premium flying and short stay on reserve will be way better then the legacy im at.
Looks like you'll be able to get PHX right away. Junior FO started early OCT and just finished IOE. Could be his consolidation month and may have a couple months of reserve in LAS in his future but that's it.
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Old 12-13-2023, 10:06 PM
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Looks like you'll be able to get PHX right away. Junior FO started early OCT and just finished IOE. Could be his consolidation month and may have a couple months of reserve in LAS in his future but that's it.
The plug in PHX was a June 6th hire who did 2 months PHX as a consolidation and 2 in Vegas.

So 6 months from DOH
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Old 12-14-2023, 02:23 AM
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Looking to leave a legacy...
Do you fully understand what our dear Leaders in Dallas are doing to this company? You don’t need to answer but you do need to re-evaluate your stated future path. SWA does not have any long-term viability.
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Old 12-14-2023, 04:54 AM
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Do you fully understand what our dear Leaders in Dallas are doing to this company? You don’t need to answer but you do need to re-evaluate your stated future path. SWA does not have any long-term viability.
Quit being melodramatic. This place isn’t going anywhere. Too big to fail now.
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Old 12-14-2023, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by flyguy81
Quit being melodramatic. This place isn’t going anywhere. Too big to fail now.

Our profit margin has fallen to 3%.
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Old 12-14-2023, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by flyguy81
Quit being melodramatic. This place isn’t going anywhere. Too big to fail now.
I keep hearing that. It sounds like someone's wishful thinking that's not rooted in reality. I assure you, we'd definitely be allowed to fail. No amount of DEI, and no amount of green bile instead of Jet A would spare us the mathematical certainty of a no-BS failure. COVID was a one-off because the airlines' failures would have been caused by the government hence the bailouts. But if our, or any other major airline for that matter, fails due to their own incompetence or mismanagement... the government will simply say, gee... that's too bad and so sad, but that's free market at work, but not to worry - others will fill the void.

Seriously... no such thing as too big to fail in our industry and plenty of big names in the airline graveyard.
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Old 12-14-2023, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
I keep hearing that. It sounds like someone's wishful thinking that's not rooted in reality. I assure you, we'd definitely be allowed to fail. No amount of DEI, and no amount of green bile instead of Jet A would spare us the mathematical certainty of a no-BS failure. COVID was a one-off because the airlines' failures would have been caused by the government hence the bailouts. But if our, or any other major airline for that matter, fails due to their own incompetence or mismanagement... the government will simply say, gee... that's too bad and so sad, but that's free market at work, but not to worry - others will fill the void.

Seriously... no such thing as too big to fail in our industry and plenty of big names in the airline graveyard.
unfortunately it would be a long slow death robbing us of the ability to reap the benefits of senority in our senior yrs. Hopefully it doesnt happen, but look at Hawaiian. 90 yrs and they are now for all intense and purpose gone.
WN is 55 yrs young. A blip in aviation history . All that will be said is " I liked the hot pants"
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Old 12-14-2023, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by flyguy81
Quit being melodramatic. This place isn’t going anywhere. Too big to fail now.
No amount of disrespect meant, but that’s a very ignorant and naive statement.

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