Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

In my view, Southwest Airlines’ heavy reliance solely on the Boeing 737 raises concerns, particularly given the scale of their operations in the 2020s. While their point-to-point network is impressive, relying entirely on one aircraft type leaves them vulnerable. If any issues arise with the 737 Ma...

Re: A & E Series: Airline 20 Years ago

I've always wondered where all those Southwest employees ended up. I wonder if any stayed the course and retired super rich or are in WN management. Link to YouTube for US episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcviVtB85dLwRB-gQjQJkAqcj1J8SMV1c I was hired that year, was cool to watch whi...

Re: Southwest nearly hits LGA tower

This is just my perspective and by no means meant to infer any factual information. But I feel as though the entire industry and infrastructure is being pushed to the breaking point. From Boeing cranking out 737s at record pace, to just too many flights in restricted spaces such as LGA. I know LGA ...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

I wonder where these rumors are coming from that Southwest is looking to merge with another carrier. It comes from everyone thinking it’s the only immediate solution to needing airplanes and pilots to move forward with their plans and that a diverse fleet is a must. If we are all thinking it, surel...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

Overwhelmingly.

98.8% turnout.

92.73% yes
7.27% no

Re: Kona airport (PHKO) is closed until further notice

Most KOA ground workers commute from Hilo so that’s one less logistical problem to worry about if moving things to ITO for the time being.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

This is the Southwest Airlines news and discussion master thread. Labor, routes, aircraft retirements, it all belongs here.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

64% no vote on a 95% voter turn out. Oooof. The FAs will ultimately be put on ice, and with the impending downturn coming, won't see a contract for a very long time. This could be highly regrettable. The “highly regrettable” fear against unions never goes away. You're either negotiating in a downtu...

Re: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

Just testing this - do that many people go out of their way to fly HA because of the HA brand? For every customer doing so, wouldn't there be many, many more picking the airline based on price, FFP, etc? I guess what I'm asking is - how much does "pride and comfort" actually translate int...

Re: AA ramp staff wheelchair video

For all we know the rampers may be restricted from carrying them down due to weight. Or they may have been taught to do it that way. Or maybe they were lazy and deserve the blame. Nobody is trying to defend bad behavior. They’re trying to take a step back, not make assumptions, and understand why t...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

barney captain wrote:

A day in the life of a WN 737. Busy girl.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

sonnyr23 wrote:

My congratulations to my Former Southwest cohorts on a T.A. from Southwest for 555. I wish i could be there to share in the celebration.

Re: Different Wing Paint on ANA 77Ws

As for the wings, it could be that the paint scheme was modernised (similar colours) or just different paints have been used on the aircraft. Or it vould be that the dark grey has faded through the UV exposure so both colours look the same as that happens also. Mmm not sure about either because the...

Re: Different Wing Paint on ANA 77Ws

Factory paint vs repaint?

Re: United Boeing 777-200 engine color

This happens when part of the cowling has to be swapped out and it is done so with an aircraft that wasn't painted in the new colors yet. True but in this case it’s United’s 777s that were grounded with the engine issue. The cowlings were redesigned and installed in the new blue ahead of these airc...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

sonnyr23 wrote:

My congratulations to my Former Southwest cohorts on a T.A. from Southwest for 555. I wish i could be there to share in the celebration.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Probably paywalled, but the WSJ has an interesting story today about WN's strategy going forward: https://www.wsj.com/articles/southwest-airlines-luv-q2-earnings-report-2023-83811808?mod=hp_lead_pos4 Key points: - leisure travel remains strong - business travel remains weak - short-haul routes will...

Re: Rumour: Frontier Airlines removes 26 passengers due to a weight issue

I'm having trouble getting more information. I don't have the origination, destination or flight number. It appears the plane was to heavy, and required 26 passengers to be removed for weight and balance. There is a TikTok going around, but still the information is limited. If this is true, how on ...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm a bit surprised to see WN surprising these frames. Some of them are only around 20-22 years old (similar age to United's 73Gs). Southwest is known for running planes into the ground; were these frames getting up there in cycles/hours and thus weren't viable ...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

What is going on with SWA social media, specifically Facebook? Their posts used to garner thousands of likes, with one in particular getting over 11,000 likes less than a month ago. Posts within the last couple weeks though have seen less than 100, with many seeing less than 50. Probably not a big ...

Re: UA's Scott Kirby Rides Private Jet Rather Than UA

This combined with publicly downplaying and deflecting the real issue behind the meltdown. Taken straight from the WN playbook.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Definitely nothing like I expected. Phenomenal. Stunning! Gorgeous! Lots of thought went into this one. Southwest should make this their new scheme. My friends that are locals thought it was appropriation in the worst possible way. It’s culturally insensitive to use this when you used the flags for...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

factor everything in it's a perfect world scenario Airlines aren’t interested in smooth, well oiled ground operations anymore. A “perfect world” scenario is an inefficient one. If to a degree planes aren’t holding out, customers aren’t waiting, bags aren’t missing etc. then there’s plenty of resour...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

The Yahoo finance page when you enter the stock code for any company will show the next earnings date. Very smart indeed to unveil " Hawaii One " on the 4 year anniversary of opening up Hawaii. Well played Strategy to take away the attention of the potential and anticipated first quarter ...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

The Yahoo finance page when you enter the stock code for any company will show the next earnings date. Very smart indeed to unveil " Hawaii One " on the 4 year anniversary of opening up Hawaii. Well played Strategy to take away the attention of the potential and anticipated first quarter ...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

sonnyr23 wrote:

First quarter earning date is 4-27 so the day after to unveil Hawaii One.

Re: Hawaii Aviation - 2023

Any idea on when HNL will finish with this runway construction... doesn't look like it will be done this month, which I thought it was supposed to be done by Its been pushed back another 80 days (highly doubt it since it is Hawaii construction and things are never done on time) due to the asphalt t...

Re: Hawaii Aviation - 2023

Any idea on when HNL will finish with this runway construction... doesn't look like it will be done this month, which I thought it was supposed to be done by Its been pushed back another 80 days (highly doubt it since it is Hawaii construction and things are never done on time) due to the asphalt t...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

I just got off the phone with her to make sure I had my facts straight, but there was talk just before COVID about European routes for WN. However, they’re currently mulling over how to deal with the spike in inflight incidents before revisiting the idea. Hawaii was sort of sprung on them at the la...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

WN opened a brand new Command Center in HNL. This is unheard of for a station this size, and one of only 18 in the rest of the system. Interesting to note that the MAX7 is not only being considered for long haul to Hawai'i, but as a better sized aircraft for interisland. "Southwest Airlines is...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

WN opened a brand new Command Center in HNL. This is unheard of for a station this size, and one of only 18 in the rest of the system. Interesting to note that the MAX7 is not only being considered for long haul to Hawai'i, but as a better sized aircraft for interisland. "Southwest Airlines is...

Re: Hawaii Aviation - 2023

Hawaiian today announced frankly shockingly bad financial results this week. https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/releases/hawaiian-holdings-reports-2022-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-financial-results They have plenty of liquidity, but considering the current premium tourism market boom, full flig...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Heard that SNL did a spoof on Southwest last night on The Holiday meltdown. The skit is just another reminder that the meltdown isn’t being forgotten as quickly as SW thought it would. There seems to be some tone deaf leadership at SW. The promotions following the implosion seems illogical. They sh...

Re: Yeti Airlines AT75 crash in Nepal

Do we think that the height out the window is consistent with the height from the externally-filmed video? Do we think that the inside video seems to show some light fog/mist below whereas the outside video seems not to show same? Inside is facing into the sun so everything is backlit (and shooting...

Re: Runway Incursion at JFK 1/13/23

Just watched ABC report on their Monday night network news. Lead in to report that both planes were on takeoff, visuals showed several different AA 737s. Sloppy reporting by ABC, and they are supposedly number 1 network news, accuracy is not even close. Aviation reporting is a joke in general. They...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

I think the outdated IT problems are being looked at all wrong. There’s no off the shelf fix here. People are talking like if they just buy new IT like it’s the latest iPhone after ignoring an eligible upgrade for years everything will be fixed. This goes much, much deeper.

Re: Confusion over retro liveries

I flew on the new Herbert D. Kelleher this past Sunday from OGG-SJC. Aside from a few pax in the gate area going “ooooh look a 49ers plane!” it was just another flight on a WN 737.

I was excited though!

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

Dramatic? Huh. Red confetti out the tail pipe of a airplane engine is dramatic not to mention traumatic. Proper safety habits, that's just common sense. But all know that is something that has quite a variability in its application in today's world. Read my post of the examples from just my life wh...

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

Oh, absolutely...I don't work for WN, but I'm uncomfortable seeing them doing that even at a distance. Let’s stop being dramatic. My airport has mechanics approaching aircraft of all airlines and aircraft types immediately upon shutdown for ETOPS checks just as quickly as what you might witness on ...

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

And yet they‘re the only ones who only approach the aircraft after the pilot has signaled deliberately that he has cut the engines. WN has spent a lot of effort in recent years catching up to safety procedures that have been industry standard for years. Maybe this is one unique WN procedure that sh...

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

WN is a different beast in so many aspects. And yet they‘re the only ones who only approach the aircraft after the pilot has signaled deliberately that he has cut the engines. WN has spent a lot of effort in recent years catching up to safety procedures that have been industry standard for years. M...

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

Having worked gates next to your crews at my one airport, you do engage the a/c much earlier than I have ever trained anyone to approach. You are correct in your statement and I have witnessed your staff and beltloaders perform said action countless times. Your observation echoes my own experience....

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

A windmilling engine will cause injury if you reach in and touch the spinning blades but windmilling creates no suction power so standing in front of it isn’t a problem. An engine’s suction drops exponentially the moment it’s shut down. Since at my airline we have an engine cut/clear to approach sig...

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

If they were comfortable enough to be wearing earbuds on the job, that's not something I would expect from somebody still on probation. I’m a ramp trainer and I literally just had a discussion with my training supervisor 30 minutes ago about problems with our recent new hire classes quickly develop...

Re: NFL Damar Hamlin suffered critical injury

Finally got a chance to watch and analyze the tackle. I see two significant hits to his chest, the initial hit as he makes the tackle and then he falls chest first with full force directly onto the helmet of the player he tackled. Possible he landed on the facemask. At first glance it seems like a n...

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but one thing I’ve observed while driving around service roads at multiple airports is that unlike my airline, no one else seems to have a signal from their marshaller that tells the rest of the ramp crew that the engines are cut and it’s safe to enter the saf...

Re: Ramp Worker Killed at MGM in accident

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but one thing I’ve observed while driving around service roads at multiple airports is that unlike my airline, no one else seems to have a signal from their marshaller that tells the rest of the ramp crew that the engines are cut and it’s safe to enter the safe...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

I don't think that email to the DEN rampers is very well aligned with number 3 above. Southwest needs to seriously break away from the Herb Kelleher era (it’s over; have a symbolic funeral in the HQ parking lot), dump the Luv Ya Bunches bullsh!t and determine what the best culture for the future is...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

Or he has stepped in it! He will be fired and he knows it. While it has nothing to do with Bob Jordan, as the CEO and and the person in charge of what will turn into the largest collapse of air service in the history of the United States, he will be fired. I would imagine you'll see the Sr VP of Op...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

ChetManly24 wrote:

Almost bet money they are gonna ask Gary to come back for a couple months. A leader is needed. Bob is not a Leader.