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Old 09-21-2019, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
Isn't that why they bought VX?
They bought VX to keep B6 off the West Coast. That's why they over paid for it.
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Old 09-21-2019, 07:08 AM
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They bought VX to keep B6 off the West Coast. That's why they over paid for it.
But that only works if they keep the gates... if they don't use the gates SFO will give them to someone who will.
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Old 09-22-2019, 07:14 AM
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But that only works if they keep the gates... if they don't use the gates SFO will give them to someone who will.
It's pretty surreal to watch. Company says that the plan for our future is to "Win California", yet all we seem to do be doing is retreating mainline airframes to the PACNW and letting the regionals grow.

We now have more 320 departures out of SEA than we do out of LAX.....and there is no base in SEA for the 320.
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Old 09-22-2019, 08:16 AM
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It's pretty surreal to watch...yet all we seem to do be doing is retreating mainline airframes to the PACNW and letting the regionals grow.

We now have more 320 departures out of SEA than we do out of LAX.....and there is no base in SEA for the 320.
And this surprises you because....?
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Old 09-22-2019, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyboy8784 View Post
It's pretty surreal to watch. Company says that the plan for our future is to "Win California", yet all we seem to do be doing is retreating mainline airframes to the PACNW and letting the regionals grow.

We now have more 320 departures out of SEA than we do out of LAX.....and there is no base in SEA for the 320.
That's how you show off your "proudly Boeing" fleet to the hometown crowd.....wait...
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Old 09-23-2019, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyboy8784 View Post
It's pretty surreal to watch. Company says that the plan for our future is to "Win California", yet all we seem to do be doing is retreating mainline airframes to the PACNW and letting the regionals grow.

We now have more 320 departures out of SEA than we do out of LAX.....and there is no base in SEA for the 320.
Welcome to Alaska. Let Skywest and code shares do the flying, it’s cheaper. And don’t forget to sell those credit cards.
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Old 09-23-2019, 07:28 AM
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Welcome to Alaska. Let Skywest and code shares do the flying, it’s cheaper. And don’t forget to sell those credit cards.
Yep grow as much regional flying as possible and drag out negotiations as long as possible before they are forced to deal with scope.
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Old 09-23-2019, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
Isn't that why they bought VX?
They bought VX to make VX go away. Plain and simple.
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Old 09-23-2019, 07:18 PM
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Don't worry, when that international facility is finished up at the south end of the airport, Delta will have access to ~20 international gates, will probably flood SEA with wide bodies and just drive AS into the ground and then purchase the whole operation. AS doesn't have excess capacity but DAL and just about every other airline does. And, AS can't grow fast enough because they'll flood the market and drive ticket prices down.
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Old 09-23-2019, 11:58 PM
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That's how you show off your "proudly Boeing" fleet to the hometown crowd.....wait...
Why so much angst over "Proudly all Boeing?" Mainline was all Boeing until the merger. Were they really expected to un-paint those from 100+ planes? I'd rather have Proudly all Boeing painted on the plane than some of the nonsense we had like "Frances."
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