Now that's what I call a good pilot!

[SWAFO]

Yeah right... SWA go international? The next airport we'll be adding is Southwest Florida in Ft. Myers! Hopefully Charlotte, or Milwaukee
after that!

[pagir]

With the fuel going up and NorthWest and Delta bankrupt, I don't think any airline will be willing to expand soon...

Pagir

[SWAFO]

We are though! This is confirmed, 100% for sure! RSW will be our next airport!

[olseric]

Northwest and Delta bankrupt

And in my humble opinion, that's a bunch of crap that never should have happened. Thanks to our government bailing out United and US
Air, it has completely screwed the system. It's called survival of the fittest...bailing them out doesn't do anything for the system because
someone needs to go...bottom line...someone will not be flying much longer.

[SWAFO]

Well this raises a whole different questions. Should air travel be run and manadated by the federal government, or should it be (as it is
now) a private industry (more or less)?

I like it just fine the way it is. If everyone had to fly "USA AIR-TRAVEL BUREAU", I'd think there'd be a LOT of unhappy customers! What
else lately has our government done a good job at? Asking them to manage an airline is like asking me to fly an Airbus! Come on now!

[SaVas]

Pretty soon we will be back to taking ships to cross large expanses of water as only domestic airlines in the cost saver areas will be the
only ones not wearing Mafia Nike cement shoes in the great lake of survival.

And I agree with Brad, our government couldnt find a picture within a connect the dots

[dreamnite]

SWAFO wrote:
Yeah right... SWA go international? The next airport we'll be adding is Southwest Florida in Ft. Myers! Hopefully Charlotte, or Milwaukee
after that!

I vote CLT I'd love to see SWA out here.

Well this raises a whole different questions. Should air travel be run and manadated by the federal government, or should it be (as it is
now) a private industry (more or less)?

Leave it alone. Yes, the major US airlines that have been around for years are starting to have problems. Is this really completly unexpected? I'm
sure several things sped things up, so to speak, but some of the carriers are weighed down by old ways of doing things and can't really change fast
enough to compete in a free market. This is just the winding down of the shakeouts that some people expected ever since deregulation.

The New Carriers like Jetblue, SWA, Independence Air, etc are starting to fill in and actually earn money. The "big boys" just have too much baggage
to keep up. Even with that being said, some are trying, and chapter 11 may let them do what needs to be done. Delta's cheap carrier ("Song"? I forget)
is set up in a way that seems to compete better with the newer companies.

[SWAFO]

SWA really isn't a "new carrier" (in the class with Jetblue, etc.) We've been around for over 30 years!

Good points that everyone seems to be making!

[COA_101]

I've had a worse failure.
I was flying carvan out of KPDX, engine shut off on take off from a BIRD! Cost me 200k. I turned aroudn and landed. Made 1150 points!


FailureText: -one engine sustained major damage shortly after take-off due to a bird strike and shutdown immediately. This is one of the worst possible in-flight emergencies.
CasualtiesText: -
Pilot Bonus: 1150
PilotBonusText: -There was a problem aboard and you declared an emergency. (+150)
A serious problem occurred during flight but you landed safely, nice job. (+1000)
Pilot Penality: 0
PilotPenalityText: -You didn't land at the scheduled airport KSEA but since you were conducting an emergency you will not receive a penalty.

I'll take another one of those birds please o_O



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