Originally Posted by
pilotrob23
oh geez, lets get over it. Any more opinions on the sli perhaps? Like some previous posts, I would have to agree on some ratio from 92(?) on with sw. Somebody had posted i think this thread or on cage thread that sw may have something else up their sleeve with atl?! Any ideas? I welcome anyone, bid, tsquare, one engine, etc. Take care everyone
That brings up a question for SWA pilots, how many pilots are pre-1993 hires? 15%?
ATL? What's the difference between a major focus city and a hub anyways when all you do is domestic flying? Will SWA grow ATL over what AAI had? Maybe, maybe not. AAI ran a traditional hub and spoke and had their markets developed while SWA might usurp some of that feed anyways with direct flights to FL for instance from midwest and northern destinations. Who knows. I bet no substantial or noticeable growth until they've tested the waters of their new focus on business travelers.
BTW, what is a business traveler anyways? You don't have to tell anyone you're traveling for business when you buy a ticket. To me it's just raising the prices on flights that match business travel patterns and then trying to offer a frequent flier program to make up for those higher rates.
Originally Posted by
FAULTPUSH
That's a windfall for the top Southwest pilots at the expense of the senior Air Tran pilots. The senior Southwest pilots would gain another domicile, greater variety of flying, etc, while the top Air Tran pilot goes from bidding #1 to bidding 15% (?) for lines, vacation, etc.
But lines and vacation are base and seat oriented. If AAI wants to protect ATL then I'd argue for a fence, otherwise, people can bid in and out but not sure if you can be involuntarily pushed out just because someone wants it. I don't know was SWA rules are. But doesn't AAI have a lot of commuters anyways who might want to bid to closer SWA base?