787 Dreamliner to Southwest?
11-23-2017, 08:03 AM
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787 Dreamliner to Southwest?
So at the flight school I work at we have a Southwest captain that also works as a CFI for us on the side. We asked him about Southwest expanding their fleet and he responded with "You heard it here first, Southwest will start flying the 787 to Europe." Anyone else in the company familiar with this?
11-23-2017, 08:15 AM
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I was told that SWA is looking for a larger aircraft, and that several check airmen have recently been typed in various aircraft to start the evaluation process with the intention of expanding to South America. Or St. Louis. Can’t remember.
11-23-2017, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by stfoley23
So at the flight school I work at we have a Southwest captain that also works as a CFI for us on the side. We asked him about Southwest expanding their fleet and he responded with "You heard it here first, Southwest will start flying the 787 to Europe." Anyone else in the company familiar with this?
11-23-2017, 08:31 AM
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Sounds like the training center mafia has infiltrated your flight school.
As long as there is money to be made in the 737, Gary and company will not be flying anything else. You heard it here first.
Yes, I was shown a training center sim scheduling program that had 787 as one of the sim options, but kinda like Sri Lanka being an option in our nonrev app, I don’t put any credence in it.
Ask yourself this - what does southwest have to gain by buying a super expensive plane and putting it in a market that is already being fought over by the Euro low cost carriers and legacies on the same airplane? Sounds like a recipe for losing money.
As long as there is money to be made in the 737, Gary and company will not be flying anything else. You heard it here first.
Yes, I was shown a training center sim scheduling program that had 787 as one of the sim options, but kinda like Sri Lanka being an option in our nonrev app, I don’t put any credence in it.
Ask yourself this - what does southwest have to gain by buying a super expensive plane and putting it in a market that is already being fought over by the Euro low cost carriers and legacies on the same airplane? Sounds like a recipe for losing money.
11-23-2017, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
There you go Slip... you'll finish your career as a widebody captain. 
Happy Turkey Day!
Happy Turkey Day!
What am I saying, we'll vote yes to fly the shiny jet for the same rate......
Happy Thanksgiving to you to brother!
11-24-2017, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
We had the deal wrapped up with Boeing but it fell through due to them being unwilling to remove the autothrottles. From a reliable source, btw.
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