Originally Posted by
tanker
PropPiedmont
SWA can't park the aircraft, here is what SL6 says.
"The ratio of scheduled operational Southwest Airlines aircraft to total AirTran aircraft will not drop below the pre-transaction ratio of 3.61 to 1 (SWA to AirTran) during the period prior to complete pilot integration."
So SL6 counts all AirTran aircraft but only the operational SWA aircraft.
Exactly. Operational aircraft are what keep pilots employed. We agreed with SWA (SL6) to gaurantee no growth (increase in operational aircraft).