Heyas,

Don't everyone get'cher panti...ooops, I mean a PG-13 friendly "underthings", in a twist.

SWA has zero desire to start up and/or maintain a separate MX program for a very small sub-part of their fleet, especially one with oddball engines. Someone else in ATL has a pretty large MRO operation and engine overhaul shop.

The way it was explained to me was that rather than do it themselves, they'd rather outsource the MRO/engine work to someone else.

SWA will not part with those airplanes until the leases are up. You can bank on that. Their "new" airplane orders don't kick in until those leases are up, and they cannot maintain their current domestic route structure without them. Tranny's 737s are committed to the current international and transcon schedule.

So, I hate to be the designated douc...er, um, cheeky fellow, but I don't want to see all y'all disappointed when something that was never going to happen, never happens.

Nu