Originally Posted by
KelvinHelmholtz
AirTran doesn’t fly anything. That’s like saying Mesaba flies CRJ 900s or Shuttle America flies 170s.
No one dumped anything on Delta. Southwest didn’t want them since they wanted to keep an all 737 fleet. 717 operations allowed Delta to reduce 50 seat RJ flying significantly, and offer much better service on many routes. It seems as if you like to argue about a lot of things you really know nothing about, and it’s clearer than ever here.
Well, the AirTran pilots and FA’s were merged into Southwest’s seniority list and many are flying 737’s. The gates in Atlanta and AirTran routes were retained by Southwest.
You make a lot of excuses for an airplane and a type rating that won’t be of value in the next few years anywhere other than Delta. If you are at Delta, you will simply move on to a better aircraft at some point.
AirTran isn’t like an airline just folded up like Great Lakes. All the flight crews landed on their feet. It is like when USAirways and American merged. Did USAirways go away?