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Old 03-17-2024 | 06:11 AM
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Salukidawg
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The plan is there is no plan other than to wait for Boeing to get the MAX7 certified. What if it doesn't? Well....they don't have a Plan B clearly. My opinion is they will wait for the MAX7 and the only Airline they would want to merge with would be the combined Alaska/Hawaiian after they rid themselves of the Busses and 717's. The only new Airframe outside of the 737 that this management team would consider is most likely the 787 after they have studied what a near peer competitor does with them. This is Southwest management's MO. They did this when they started International service. They said we studied how AirTran did it and then implemented it into Southwest operations. They will do the same thing with the 787 down the road if they decide to pull the trigger on Alaska. I don't see them buying an Airbus carrier because I don't think they would have any idea how to integrate a massive fleet of Airbusses into our point to point route network along with all of the scheduling nightmares it would cause them from a crew scheduling perspective.
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