Concerned
 

With Delta buying 100 Airbus, does anyone not believe they have SW in their sights? Quite honestly, I think unless SW has a massive expansion or merger, it's open season on our route system.

One thing I’ve learned is that you can’t single handedly save the airline. Do the best job that you can. Hope the executives are doing the same. Make sure that you have a six month furlough fund easily accessible and never live paycheck to paycheck.

What will be, will be.


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Maybe worried for nothing
 

Southwest Airlines Co. will consider using cash from a federal tax overhaul to buy new aircraft for expanding or refreshing its fleet.“It puts us in a position to think about growing faster,” Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly said before addressing an aviation-industry group in New York on Thursday. Legislation being hammered out in Congress could result in “hundreds of millions of dollars” for Southwest through a lower corporate tax rate.
“Even if we decided we don’t want to grow faster, it gives us an opportunity to begin to modernize our fleet,” he said.

The Dallas-based airline “absolutely” would consider placing an order for more of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft, he said. Kelly declined to discuss the size of a potential order. Southwest has said that it would end this year with 707 planes.

Oh brother. I think you’re being a little dramatic, no? First of all, how many of those new Airbus are going to be used to replace the many old -88s, A320s and B757s?

Relax....

Whack and I never agree, but on this we agree. Those 320s are replacements for deltas aging fleet. Nothing to see here.

I agree with Whack as well. These are for 100 A321neo’s which are supposed to be 1 for 1 757 replacements. (Yes, I know the A321neo isn’t a true 757 replacement.):rolleyes:

Which is a good thing :p

Yup. Read the article, CEO says these aircraft are replacement.

Always be cautious of fleet replacements. They result in what is known as a “training float”. It starts by hiring a bunch of pilots to staff the right seat. Then, the company introduces type B and opens a bid for it. Captains move over to the type creating vacancies back on type A. FOs bid those vacancies. Newhires fill the vacancies left by those FOs. Over time, type A begins to be parked and the transition of crews to type B is concluded. Now the airline is several hundred or thousand pilots fat.

This had been one of the drivers of the “hire till you furlough, furlough till you hire” pattern over the last few decades.


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Yes but there is no way they would discontinue the 737. So the old fleet wouldn't go away if sw got a different type. Which they will. I bet a beer on it.