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Re: Southwest's 737-200s

This is Southwest's February 2001 route map. Would it be safe to say that the -200s flew through all of these cities at least once (with the exception of SNA) before they were recalled to the Texas Triangle?

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Re: Southwest's 737-200s

I don't have specific dates for everything, but on May 3, 2002, SWAPA signed the Side-Letter with SWA outlining the -200 drawdown and I know it was implemented very shortly (possibly the next month) afterwards. I believe we were down to 50 -200's then and they were sequestered to the DAL/HOU domici...

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Southwest's 737-200s

There's a few key dates on the SWA timeline that are easy to answer, such as delivery and sunset dates, fleet counts, etc. But a question that I'm struggling to recall the answer to is the year that SWA began "recalling" the remaining 737-200's in the fleet to run the "Texas Triangle&...

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RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 14

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EXMEMWIDGET" class="quote" target="_blank">EXMEMWIDGET</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i> I have a couple of questions that...

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RE: Great Airliners I Used To Fly : The DC-4

This is TERRIFIC! We need more write-up stories like this. I felt like I was there!

Mon francais est un peu rouille, mais j'espere que vous continuez a ecrire plus d'histoires pour nous!

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RE: New AA Painted Aircraft - Part 4

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ckfred" class="quote" target="_blank">ckfred</a> (<a href="#65" class="quote">Reply 65</a>):<br/><i>Of the 25 A321s being delivered under the PM...

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RE: AA New Scheme: MD-80/757

Having been one of the early "don't likes" of the new livery, I have to say that it is rapidly growing on me. I fly the system rather frequently, though my loyalties are still rather split. Its true that <acronym title="Aalborg (AAL / EKYT), Denmark">AAL</acronym> has a myriad of issues to work out,...

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RE: Why Was The L1011 So Popular With Pilots

I flew aboard the L-1011 a few times, for TWA and <acronym title="American Trans Air (USA)">TZ</acronym>. As lovely as she was, she had a habit of breaking down when she reached my duty station at Misawa <acronym title="Air Berlin (Germany)">AB</acronym> in the middle of winter (246" of snow my last...

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RE: TSA To Keep Knife Ban

As a very frequent traveler, I am of the opinion that knives have no place in the cabins of commercial aircraft, period. Problem with the <acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan (TSA / RCSS), Taiwan">TSA</acronym> is, give an inch and they take a mile. So while I am against knives on aircraft, I am more ...

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RE: CA B752 Hit By Something In The Sky

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/United1689" class="quote" target="_blank">United1689</a> (<a href="#44" class="quote">Reply 44</a>):<br/><i>I think it is quite possible that th...

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RE: New LAX Intl Terminal Open House - 22June

LAXIntl, can you pass the word along? Hate to see attendance compromised by a technical error.

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mrskyguy

RE: New LAX Intl Terminal Open House - 22June

I'm getting a server error when I attempt to click for registration..

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mrskyguy

RE: CA B752 Hit By Something In The Sky

The real clue to what happened here is the very same "scuffing" that MountainFlyer was talking about in his earlier post. <b>Edited to point out scuffing:</b> <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/2nb7n86.jpg" width="440" height="330" border="0"/><br/><br/><b>Original:</b> <img src="http://i39.tinypic.co...

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RE: 50 Years Of The One-Eleven

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ATA+L1011" class="quote" target="_blank">ATA L1011</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>As of yesterday 2/27/13 it was still t...

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RE: Isn't The AA Repaint A Big Waste Of Money?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Revelation" class="quote" target="_blank">Revelation</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i> I think what is needed is the compl...

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RE: SWA Offers New Boarding Option

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GentFromAlaska" class="quote" target="_blank">GentFromAlaska</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Reading between the lines I se...

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RE: OFFICIAL: New AA Livery Today! Part 2

Egad.. I think it's simply awful. <acronym title="Aalborg (AAL / EKYT), Denmark">AAL</acronym> was on to something with the new logo, but then they wrecked it with the tail. The tail evokes a combination of Greyhound Bus Lines, a cheap Saab 340 tail, and ... Family Airlines. It looks like Mattel toy...

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Update On Japanese A320 Operator "Peach"?

Easrlier in the year, I was watching the development of LCC competition in Japan with interest. Peach Aviation (dba "Peach") was planning to introduce a "clean" LCC product as a <acronym title="Bearskin Airlines (Canada)">JV</acronym> of ANA. Since the first flight in March, mums the word. Anyone ha...

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RE: Any Updates On PEOPLExpress?

At first I thought this was a joke.. then I checked out their website. Yep, still not impressed.

At the very least, listing their key players would be a good step. That is to say, if this isn't just another pipe dream with a simple website and flashy colors.

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mrskyguy

RE: 737 MAX Cockpit Design Improvements?

As someone "in the know" on the subject, I can confirm the following: a) Southwest *<acronym title="Island Airlines (USA) and Eagle Air/Arnaflug (Iceland)">IS</acronym>* pushing Boeing to do more with the 737MAX to take it away from the "dumb" <acronym title="Lauda Air (Austria)">NG</acronym> to a "...

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RE: Can Virgin America Survive?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lightsaber" class="quote" target="_blank">lightsaber</a> (<a href="#68" class="quote">Reply 68</a>):<br/><i>But at what Revenue. It is great the...

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RE: Can Virgin America Survive?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/psa188" class="quote" target="_blank">psa188</a> (<a href="#63" class="quote">Reply 63</a>):<br/><i>When <acronym title="ACES (Colombia)">VX</ac...

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RE: First Allegiant A319

Sure beats Spirit, IMO. The colors are a common sight, so it fits the brand.

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RE: US Air Transcon 737s (Early 90s)

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Roseflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">Roseflyer</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>No 737 can takeoff from a 5,700ft runway...

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RE: Rumor: Hawaiian & DL Merger

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/n313us" class="quote" target="_blank">n313us</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>I heard a rumor that <acronym title="De...

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RE: Official: Allegiant Buying Airbus A319s

I'm going to bet that AAY will certainly poke at new markets with their <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80s, but that the A319s will be used to replace lots of jets on the money-making routes such as Bellingham to <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Ne...

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RE: Official: Allegiant Buying Airbus A319s

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lightsaber" class="quote" target="_blank">lightsaber</a> (<a href="#54" class="quote">Reply 54</a>):<br/><i>Thank you. What is the resale value ...

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Official: Allegiant Buying Airbus A319s

Speculation can be put to bed -- it's true! Allegiant is buying Airbus A319s (used, of course). News was posted on the investor relations website: <a href="http://ir.allegiantair.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=696301" target="_blank">http://ir.allegiantair.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=696301</a>...

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Kulula's Ridiculously Posh New Boeing

Brilliant. Loved that video.

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RE: AA: 3-class A321s On JFK-LAX/SFO, PTVs

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tonytifao" class="quote" target="_blank">tonytifao</a> (<a href="#141" class="quote">Reply 141</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> 120 split...

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RE: AA: 3-class A321s On JFK-LAX/SFO, PTVs

So who is supplying the IFE? It's either Panasonic or Thales, right? My money is on Thales.. but I haven't the first clue. IFE isn't my area of expertise.

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RE: Allegiant To Buy Airbus Aircraft?

While acknowledging that my previous "rumor tidbit" on CalPac was [for the time being] proven shaky at best, I can confirm that Allegiant is seriously looking at Airbus aircraft. And this goes much further than the year-after-year discussions Airbus has been having with Allegiant since they popped u...

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mrskyguy

RE: Sierra Pacific Airlines

You still have NAC in Alaska running 732s, along with a handful of VIP birds still plying the North American skies. And if you like the colder climates, you can always look to the Northwest Territories to grant you a 732.

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mrskyguy

California Pacific Hits A Wall - Startup Unlikely

I work in the industry and happened to hear an unsettling rumor last week (from a <i>very credible source</i>) that CalPac is unlikely to get off the ground due to a recent seemingly "insurmountable obstacle." Given my inability to confirm this information, I am tagging it as a bona fide "confident ...

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mrskyguy

RE: Just How Expensive Is That Bag Of Peanuts?

It's a simply value added vs. weight/cost saved approach that many airlines have been following for over a decade now. One of the more famous early approaches to this was <acronym title="Aalborg (AAL / EKYT), Denmark">AAL</acronym>'s removing 1 of 3 olives from first class salads to save some thousa...

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mrskyguy

RE: Southwest Expects 1st Quarter Loss...

This is pretty common.. almost predictably so. 1Q is always a difficult time, especially during escalating fuel and mid-merger activities. I wouldn't think much of it.

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RE: WN: If You Don't Check Bags, Do You Avoid Them?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Atrude777" class="quote" target="_blank">Atrude777</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>The lack of change fees, being able to c...

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RE: AA To Cut Jobs

Expected, yet unexpected all at the same time. There's no silver lining in this situation, but it was inevitable. I'm surprised there's been little word about the Tulsa facilities. Much of <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> is actually run from Tulsa including their massive repair...

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RE: AA Drops DEL, BUR

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/FX1816" class="quote" target="_blank">FX1816</a> (<a href="#162" class="quote">Reply 162</a>):<br/><i>I could see that happening but where would...

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RE: SeaPort Increases Service To OTH

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RWA380" class="quote" target="_blank">RWA380</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Really? Ask the people of Newport or Astoria o...

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mrskyguy

Jan '12 turboprop to jet changes, AA flights ex-DFW

They are going back to their lessors.

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RE: AA Drops DEL, BUR

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BoeingGuy" class="quote" target="_blank">BoeingGuy</a> (<a href="#159" class="quote">Reply 159</a>):<br/><i>All of <acronym title="Alaska Airlin...

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RE: AA Drops DEL, BUR

What do you think the odds are of <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> returning to <acronym title="Burbank (/ Glendale / Pasadena) - Bob Hope (Lockheed Air Terminal) (BUR / KBUR), USA - California">BUR</acronym> like the other mainliners have done, but utilizing their regional bran...

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RE: WN To Start ICT In 2013

Bingo. WN loves a good subsidy, and I can't blame them.. plus they're really just re-branding the existing AirTran operation.

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RE: SeaPort Increases Service To OTH

I'm actually shocked at the exposure SeaPort has been getting over the last 2 weeks due to "changing schedules" and "destinations" so frequently. I'[m half-inclined to remind these people that they are lucky to have any service at all at these EAS-like cities.

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RE: AA Drops DEL, BUR

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LFutia" class="quote" target="_blank">LFutia</a> (<a href="#131" class="quote">Reply 131</a>):<br/><i>You can earn miles with Jet Airways and Ki...

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RE: AA Drops DEL, BUR

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/United_fan" class="quote" target="_blank">United_fan</a> (<a href="#58" class="quote">Reply 58</a>):<br/><i>I dont think the 'Hollywood crowd' f...

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mrskyguy

RE: Southwest Confirms 738 MAX Order Via YouTube

Isn't this topic a bit duplicitous?

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RE: American Airlines MD-82 Retirements

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BoeingGuy" class="quote" target="_blank">BoeingGuy</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i>Yes, it's still a valid term but not i...

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mrskyguy

RE: Any News On California Pacific Airlines

My understanding is that they've received their initial FAA Part 121 certification, and the next step is the procurement [lease] of aircraft to begin that portion of certification.

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