Van_Hoolio
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Point of trivia: Southwest served IAH first before starting HOU a few months later in 1971. IAH closed in ‘72, reopened from ‘80 to ‘05 and reopened again most recently in ‘21 until its pending re-re-closure.
Point of trivia: Southwest served IAH first before starting HOU a few months later in 1971. IAH closed in ‘72, reopened from ‘80 to ‘05 and reopened again most recently in ‘21 until its pending re-re-closure.
Any insight you're willing to share?I'm fortunate to work with three former WN network planners, and we had a lively discussion this morning about the carrier and its NP strategy.
Comparing WN ending service to BFE, WA, a Mexican resort city that their customers probably didn’t know was different to any of the other Mexican resort cities they already serve, and another airport in a city they have a MASSIVE presence in to Boeing’s national defense role is like comparing apples to basketballs.Absolutely, if the major airlines and Boeing are so important to the national economy and in Boeings case, national defense, that we won’t allow the normal rules of capitalism to apply to them, then my preferred course of action would be to nationalize them and run them as infrastructure. If not that, then at least something akin to re-regulation where they don’t get to, say, start/end service, make big staff cuts, etc without regulatory approval. Oh, and labor unions would get seats on the board of directors and ownership stakes. So in the end sure, they’re allowed to turn a profit, but making money every single quarter is no longer the guiding star.
I know it’s unrealistic, but you did ask.
Of course I also think any airline route under about 500 miles should be replaced with a nationalized high speed rail service so that’s another unpopular opinion
AirTran had A320s operatored by a subcontractor for a minute tooOther trivia. SWA actually operated 727s for a short period of time.
Weight saving cowls
Can't close them if they're not there.You’re supposed to close the cowl flaps at altitude. Duh.
Can't close them if they're not there.
I remember Southwest in IAH before they pulled out the second time. I think it was just the -200s going to DAL.Point of trivia: Southwest served IAH first before starting HOU a few months later in 1971. IAH closed in ‘72, reopened from ‘80 to ‘05 and reopened again most recently in ‘21 until its pending re-re-closure.
I remember Southwest in IAH before they pulled out the second time. I think it was just the -200s going to DAL.
I remember one of their pilots asking for a whole bunch of stuff and clogging up the radio. The controller finally retorted:
"Hey Southwest, know what IAH stands for?"
"Uh...no."
"It Ain't Hobby! Knock it off!"
Since we’re nerding out, ExpressJet operated some ERJs for jetBlue back in the day. And Horizon flew CRJs for Frontier.I believe they had outsourced CRJ-200s at 2 different time, the first time operated by Air Wisconsin. Several years after the Air Wisconsin contract ended, they started had CRJs operated by SkyWest. If memory serves, the SkyWest service started after Midwest Airlines went out of business, and was mostly out of MKE. SkyWest had been doing Midwest Connect flying, and then Airtran basically had that operation continue under their brand after Midwest's demise.
Since we’re nerding out, ExpressJet operated some ERJs for jetBlue back in the day. And Horizon flew CRJs for Frontier.
And Horizon/Air Group screwed a bunch of DEN based folks with the F9 deal. Lots of people I know moved/uprooted their families to DEN.And Horizon flew CRJs for Frontier.