Well, I just mean that BNA could become the new ATL. I can’t think of anything good about that. Nothing bold, quite simple actually. I wasn’t inferring BNA’s existence was questionable. Just its quality.

 

The ANG ramp at BNA is about to be returned to the airport when they move the unit to Smyrna. The airport also has rights to the land just south of Murfreesboro Pike east of 2C. SWA has plans to build a MX hangar in one of those 2 spots, BNA has to figure out where they want Terminal 2 to go first.

 

That's some interesting intel. Would also be nice if they could extend 2R (or 2L) a bit further south.

 

It’s like closing a Supermax without opening a new one. Where will the inmates go?

 

They're planning to build a 4th parallel east of 2R and extend 2L over Murfreesboro Pike. 2L will come first but it's been going through environmental stuff for a good while.

31/13 will eventually close and GA will be moved to the west of 2L near the VOR.

All of course subject to change but that's the general rough idea until they change their minds again.

 

Ever been at a HQ presentation when anyone disses Atlanta? It is clearly a very touchy subject around there and they don't ever want to speak ill of the airline that shall not be named. It is the third rail of SWA politics. There are enough former AirTran folks in upper management that I doubt it will close in the next decade. They finally relegated it to being a sad approximation of a crew base, but there was clearly much wailing and gnashing of teeth considering how they coddled the Atlantans while they kicked Denver square in the nuts.

I get it, people were sad when their scrappy little airline got bought and their cheese got moved. That does actually suck. It's been like 13 years, though. Time to move on and start doing the best thing for this place that is currently barely scraping by. ATL has the O/E traffic for a few departures a day. We were trying to turn it into a connecting station and Delta just isn't going to allow us to compete there like that. They have the scale in ATL that they get to decide who gets their castoffs and they decided it wasn't going to be another big network carrier.

 

Meh, who cares. ATL’s mostly filthy Trannies anyway. F em.

 

Latest rumor heard around the Peet's sponsored water cooler/front office was closing of ATL crew base, but MX base remains.

Guess they want to hold onto the Mx hangar...maybe to use as a bargaining chip..?

 

Yall see the vacancy projection map in the latest crew planning video? The math ain’t mathin or am I wrong?

 

Miata drivers mostly I hear.