Originally Posted by
FNGFO
Island time is island time whether it’s Kauai or St. Kitts.
Still SWA tends to grease the wheels to make things move in their favor. It’s all half a**ed conjecture at this point anyway.
You have much to learn Grasshopper.
All of the grease in the world won’t matter. The wheels here don’t turn on weekends, nights or holidays. The number of wheels are very limited, and said wheels are usually allocated on other projects already. Get in line.
Agreed. It’s conjecture. Time will tell. Again, I’m not worried about it. The TRUE 800 lb gorilla In the room here has always been remaining cycles on our 717’s and the fact that no airplane manufactured today will do what the 717 does here as well as the 717. Destiny has already shown its face here. The inter-island market will simply be part of the future business plan, not THE plan.
Here’s another data point for you guys that think a multibillion-dollar corporation from the mainland is just going to come out here and take over...
A couple years ago, a mainland corporation wanted to buy out the local power company HECO. The locals hate HECO for the same perceived reasons that you “think” makes Hawaiian air not popular here. The power grid is completely dilapidated, and the rates are 3 to 5 times higher than what you would pay on the mainland. Again, HA fares are market rate compared to the mainland. Power rates out here literally are 3 to 5 times higher. So...
This mainland corporation promised and could show that not only would they reduce power rates, but they would modernize the infrastructure and make the power more reliable out here. It was a complete win.
At the end of the day, the mainland corporation was sent home packing because the only thing that the residents hated more than HECO, Was the idea of a big corporation from the mainland coming out here and trying to affect change. Yes, even if that meant lower rates and more reliable service.
I look forward to chatting with you SWA guys on overnights. Again, I hold no ill will to your pilot group. We are just bus drivers. Hopefully there’s good money in great retirement left for all of us when the dust settles. When you factor in the politics out here, absolutely none of us have any idea what’s going to happen in the end.