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Old 05-09-2018 | 05:36 PM
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If it makes you feel any better, just remember...

SWA has a history of hedging and in spite of going through both good and bad times, so far it's worked out quite well so they're probably not going to freak out if their hedge (for either fuel or pilots) is a little pessimistic.

SWA has growth plans and is currently taking new aircraft.

Even though SWA recently retired a bunch of planes and all their new planes haven't arrived yet, there are a number of pilots who have been making comments to the effect that reserves are flying a lot and open time has been hit or miss. That tells me that even after getting rid of a bunch of planes, they're still on the low end of the manning range.

New markets - Hawaii is just the current focus. More planes with rafts could theoretically open up other routes too.
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