Originally Posted by
KnockKnock
This is assuming zero growth over those 10 years. Also, isn't SWA a 10+ year upgrade? I'd think that as long as AAG doesn't shrink the fleet, upgrades would continue at their current pace. Even 4% growth is still growth. All the 400's are gone and the Bus is here to stay until 2024 at the minimum, so all airframes from now till then are growth right? I was told in CQ that there will be 9-12 sims in SEA where the current Ops parking lot is. We currently only have 5 in there now. At least it sounds like they're beefing up the school house for more training and growth.
Bus leases expire over a timeframe from 2019-2024. Didn't they say the 1 lease expiring in 2019 would not be renewed? The reality is until they announce an official fleet plan going forward, you won't know what the growth plan is for 3-5 years. If it switches back to all Boeings then how many planes are swapped out? Tere is no guarantee there is a net fleet growth. Growth to Alaska is seats. Taking a bunch of 737-900ERs and parking A319s/320s can still result in more seats with less total airframes.