Southwest Airlines - announcement coming..

[Obie]

Another little bump in the road to Hawaii .

FAA investigating Southwest over baggage weight data

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/18/business/...index.html

[waawaawah]

Wow, can't wait to fly another broke down Hawaii airline startup! I give them a year to bankruptcy!

[Chunkster]

Startup? Are you talking about Southwest, waawaawah? They are that rarity of rarities among airlines, a consistently profitable company over several decades:

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4145572...volatility

From the article:

"The company has been profitable for 45 consecutive years. ... The company's deliberately-paced expansion into international markets is a logical extension of its successful domestic strategy. Unlike its largest peers, Southwest Airlines has never had to file for bankruptcy in order to continue operating."

[Bullwinkle]

Another day another validation flight:
http://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/...t-kahului/

[Obie]

Another day and more problems.

Southwest cancels hundreds of flights as it struggles to get its mechanical problems under control

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/business/...index.html

[macuu222]

Southwest Airlines stock downgraded today to "sell" because the new Hawaii routes could be too costly. Which means good news for travelers and could mean some really low airfares in the short term... "once they start flying here"


https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/20/goldman-...ostly.html

[Bullwinkle]

proving flights completed

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/02/21/...-decision/

[leilanidude]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/southwest...49910.html

It is getting ugly.

[Obie]

quote:

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Originally posted by leilanidude

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/southwest...49910.html

It is getting ugly.

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As a retired AMT "Aircraft Maintenance Technician" let me clue you in to what is going on.
Employee wages are just about the only cost an airline has any control over.They pretty much operate with the minimum number of AMT's that it takes to operate the airline.Anytime airplanes go out of service above an expected number it is covered with overtime.
This all work great as long as everyone is happy.These guys at SWA haven't had a contract for 6 years.They are no longer happy.The 1st thing they do is start refusing overtime.
The airplanes are helping out because they break down more in cold weather.

Last week the company declared an operational "emergency" and demanded all mechanics turn up for work.
This means they are requiring mandatory overtime,it includes cancelling vacations and sometimes days off.They become more unhappy and start doing everything by the book.This means that a simple job like changing a tire ,which someone may have done 100 times,may result in them returning to the Maint office and printing up the entire job from the Maint Manual.

There is a lot more going on but in a nut shell this is what is happening.

[Bullwinkle]

I guess 94k ( see glass door) before overtime isnt enough these days to get by

union company disputes seem to get more and more intense these days