Originally Posted by
flyingpuma1
Well if this is the place for wild rumors I've heard this one twice. Swa is going to buy us then lease all our planes to AA and keep us. Apparently they are afraid of us and see money to be made in leasing the airbus.
That's one of the weirdest ones I've heard lately. What is SWA going to do with 1500+ spare pilots if they have no interest in keeping the 'buses? AirTran already had 737's, so they just had to train the 717 guys.