From the Southwest msg board....
06-01-2021, 02:02 AM
#101
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Originally Posted by at6d
And its all FO’s on leave. The captains have all been called back. Unless I discarded the company email too fast.
SWA also bought some office building just west of the new sim building, already planning the next expansion of the building while the paint is still drying on the last extension. This is per our base CPO update a couple weeks ago.
06-01-2021, 05:45 AM
#102
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2015
Posts: 276
Originally Posted by Smooth at FL450
That's correct. The holdup is training center capacity...too many instructors took the early retirement and it takes awhile to get the 35+ new instructors trained and up to speed. Also, the lack of captains to pair with the remaining 500 FOs on ExTO has created a bit of a conundrum until they start running upgrade classes. My bet is they'll all be recalled in the fall once the instructor issue has been resolved.
SWA also bought some office building just west of the new sim building, already planning the next expansion of the building while the paint is still drying on the last extension. This is per our base CPO update a couple weeks ago.
SWA also bought some office building just west of the new sim building, already planning the next expansion of the building while the paint is still drying on the last extension. This is per our base CPO update a couple weeks ago.
06-01-2021, 06:22 AM
#103
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,615
Originally Posted by Salukidawg
Well since you mentioned it and we are on the Alaska forum. That sim building extension has me thinking that Southwest is potentially eyeing the Eskimo and a marriage may be in our collective futures. It sure seems like the stars are aligning for the inevitable. It would make the combined Airline a formidable competitor nationwide and fill out Southwest’s market share in the PNW and the State of Alaska.
Way too much overlap on the West Coast. I truly doubt it.
06-01-2021, 07:29 AM
#104
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Posts: 55
Originally Posted by Salukidawg
Well since you mentioned it and we are on the Alaska forum. That sim building extension has me thinking that Southwest is potentially eyeing the Eskimo and a marriage may be in our collective futures. It sure seems like the stars are aligning for the inevitable. It would make the combined Airline a formidable competitor nationwide and fill out Southwest’s market share in the PNW and the State of Alaska.
06-01-2021, 10:27 AM
#105
Respek
Joined APC: Jul 2010
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If that marriage were to happen it would be a pretty devastating blow to the big 3.
06-01-2021, 10:39 AM
#106
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Originally Posted by Cruz5350
If that marriage were to happen it would be a pretty devastating blow to the big 3.
Trustbusters can't complain too much since the net entity wouldn't be any larger than the big three and while there's obvious market overlap on the SWA side it tends to be spread across reliever airports, not all concentrated at the big hubs.
But I think there's a factor of how much market share do you lose by eliminating the AS brand in the PNW... a lot of those folks would probably fly DAL, etc instead of SWA, and a lot of them would have no choice (regional network that doesn't support guppy service). SWA has 100% scope. That inevitable loss of market share dilutes the value of the proposition.
06-01-2021, 01:27 PM
#107
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Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 463
Wait, I thought we were merging with Hawaiian???
06-01-2021, 03:02 PM
#108
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Folks,
Alaska is now back in the same situation they faced in 2016: buy someone or get bought by SWA. If they don't pull the trigger on Hawaiian and "dirty up" the fleet but instead continue the fleet simplification to all B737, the outcome is inevitable.
Cheers - Rob.
Alaska is now back in the same situation they faced in 2016: buy someone or get bought by SWA. If they don't pull the trigger on Hawaiian and "dirty up" the fleet but instead continue the fleet simplification to all B737, the outcome is inevitable.
Cheers - Rob.
06-01-2021, 03:28 PM
#109
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Originally Posted by rballan
Folks,
Alaska is now back in the same situation they faced in 2016: buy someone or get bought by SWA. If they don't pull the trigger on Hawaiian and "dirty up" the fleet but instead continue the fleet simplification to all B737, the outcome is inevitable.
Cheers - Rob.
Alaska is now back in the same situation they faced in 2016: buy someone or get bought by SWA. If they don't pull the trigger on Hawaiian and "dirty up" the fleet but instead continue the fleet simplification to all B737, the outcome is inevitable.
Cheers - Rob.
06-01-2021, 04:18 PM
#110
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Joined APC: Mar 2014
Position: 757/767
Posts: 389
Originally Posted by Cruz5350
If that marriage were to happen it would be a pretty devastating blow to the big 3.
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