SWA-Airtran merger good for RAH - frontier
05-09-2011, 05:31 AM
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SWA has never furloughed a single pilot in over thirty years. I guess everyone should just be happy with the career ending SLI results. It probably makes no difference if RAH is CH 7 in the next few years.
05-09-2011, 05:49 AM
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05-09-2011, 06:26 AM
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In a recent DAL base meeting, somebody asked the network guy about SWA comming to ATL. I knew they weren't afraid of SWA anymore, but I was a bit shocked at how big his smile became when he answered: "We lOVE the fact that SWA is comming to ATL."
Most of the key points have been mentioned. SWA has higher costs than does Airtran (higher unit costs, not just labor,) and must cover the costs by raising yields. SWA typically operates a more even flow out of cities as opposed to Airtran's banked structure in ATL (which happens to be parked right on top of DAL's banks,) so they believe there will be some effeciency gains there. The SWA product doesn't have bussiness/first class, so DAL might get some (higher yielding) traffic from that. And as others have mentioned, the inudstry as a whole is healthier with fewer competitors.
I think he summed it up well in saying. "the industry is only as smart as its dumbest competitor. Southwest is not dumb." Like others have said, they don't Flood in capacity for the sake of market share and at the expense of profits.
Most of the key points have been mentioned. SWA has higher costs than does Airtran (higher unit costs, not just labor,) and must cover the costs by raising yields. SWA typically operates a more even flow out of cities as opposed to Airtran's banked structure in ATL (which happens to be parked right on top of DAL's banks,) so they believe there will be some effeciency gains there. The SWA product doesn't have bussiness/first class, so DAL might get some (higher yielding) traffic from that. And as others have mentioned, the inudstry as a whole is healthier with fewer competitors.
I think he summed it up well in saying. "the industry is only as smart as its dumbest competitor. Southwest is not dumb." Like others have said, they don't Flood in capacity for the sake of market share and at the expense of profits.
05-09-2011, 08:37 AM
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In a recent DAL base meeting, somebody asked the network guy about SWA comming to ATL. I knew they weren't afraid of SWA anymore, but I was a bit shocked at how big his smile became when he answered: "We lOVE the fact that SWA is comming to ATL."
Most of the key points have been mentioned. SWA has higher costs than does Airtran (higher unit costs, not just labor,) and must cover the costs by raising yields. SWA typically operates a more even flow out of cities as opposed to Airtran's banked structure in ATL (which happens to be parked right on top of DAL's banks,) so they believe there will be some effeciency gains there. The SWA product doesn't have bussiness/first class, so DAL might get some (higher yielding) traffic from that. And as others have mentioned, the inudstry as a whole is healthier with fewer competitors.
I think he summed it up well in saying. "the industry is only as smart as its dumbest competitor. Southwest is not dumb." Like others have said, they don't Flood in capacity for the sake of market share and at the expense of profits.
Most of the key points have been mentioned. SWA has higher costs than does Airtran (higher unit costs, not just labor,) and must cover the costs by raising yields. SWA typically operates a more even flow out of cities as opposed to Airtran's banked structure in ATL (which happens to be parked right on top of DAL's banks,) so they believe there will be some effeciency gains there. The SWA product doesn't have bussiness/first class, so DAL might get some (higher yielding) traffic from that. And as others have mentioned, the inudstry as a whole is healthier with fewer competitors.
I think he summed it up well in saying. "the industry is only as smart as its dumbest competitor. Southwest is not dumb." Like others have said, they don't Flood in capacity for the sake of market share and at the expense of profits.
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05-09-2011, 08:41 AM
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05-09-2011, 10:20 AM
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05-09-2011, 11:46 AM
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I think he is talking about ATA. I believe we still have flights in and out of SLC. They are almost always full. The ones I fly their anyway. The only thing I care about is what I get on the 5th and 20th of every month. I dont care where I go or what I do it in as long as that check clears.
05-09-2011, 01:40 PM
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Yup... it has never happened.. and never will. Talk to JP McLaughlin about that kind of quote, and you will realize how arrogant and short sighted it truly is. (He was the first guy furloughed at DAL in the 90s)
05-09-2011, 01:46 PM
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I think he is talking about ATA. I believe we still have flights in and out of SLC. They are almost always full. The ones I fly their anyway. The only thing I care about is what I get on the 5th and 20th of every month. I dont care where I go or what I do it in as long as that check clears.
I do agree on the paycheck thing, but my dates are the 31st & 15th.
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