Recent content by AirplaneFan

Certainly one of the more illogical statements on the board. 1) SW never signed the agreement, it was just a law that was passed 10 years AFTER SW started flying out of DAL. Using your nutty Terrell Owens example, it would be analogous to the NFL unilaterally declaring that if Terrell Owens...

This is by far the best answer. Some people are just wildly guessing destinations without using any knowledge of what SW has done in the past. BWI has been in every initial destination except for the PA cities (too close).

CHANGE THE RULES? The rules were unilaterally changed in 1979 when Jim Wright put in his Amendment. Before that SW was free to fly anywhere it wanted from Love. If Love doesn't have a lot of space to expand than what is the worry? (P.S. I know why you are worried?) SWcan do a lot of damage...

Does AA make its own planes? How can AA planes be quieter than other's if they have the same manufacturer?

Your biases are obvious, but your points are frequntly not obvious. Your point is that there is over capacity in the metroplex. Your solution is to keep Wright restrictions in place to keep airfares high and make it less likely that you can absorb the extra capacity. So its dizzying and...

Are Ft. Worth citizens similar to French citizens except that have a drawl? Both seem to have massive inferiority complexes. When I lived down in Texas a few years ago, it seems that is all that Ft. Worth citizens cared about; parity with Dallas. Every position they take is just as a reflex...

Dizzying arguments. 1) If Ft. Worth builds an airport NO ONE WILL CARE. 2) I really don't think that Austin tore up its older airport because they were concerned that airlines would try to use the it. 3) What will help DFW more, high fares or lower fares? The best thing for DFW in the...

So you are saying that Delta was at DFW and is now skirting bankruptcy. Why would SW want to go to DFW? BTW, this is a red herring issue. SW has always been free to go to DFW they have chosen not to go. The Wright Amendment makes as much sense as saying that its okay to restrict flying in...

I am not sure how to read this post. Am I being called a liar, or just thought of as a liar because I don't parrot whet the poster believes SW is saying. LUV can fly nonstops from DAL now. Just not to 42 of the the 50 states. LUV does want to fly nonstops from DAL across the country, just...

My memory is faulty on a few of the dates, but in 1969 all DAL carriers were told that they had to move over to the DFW airport. Since SW was not yet flying from DAL (thanks to Braniff lawsuits) it did not sign the agreement. SW started flying from DAL the next year. Then when all the other...

I don't think that AA had that kind of political muscle back then. I think it was to done by Ft. Worth speaker of the House Jim Wright to protect all carriers at DFW.

operaations, A very well thought-out and well written piece. However my disagreements with it are: 1) Everyone agrees that competition will lower fares in the DFW area. What is more likely to fill those newly-built up gates at DFW; protectionism or competition? PHL is the 4 th largest...

New Hampshire Union Leader says today "Kill the Wright Amendment" http://www.unionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=55339

There is not anover capacity problem in the US. SW would stop adding flights if passengers refused to fly them. Flights are full (or 75% full). "Analysts" say there is an overcapacity problem, but that is seen thru the prism of that if supply stayed down then demand would increase and prices...

Eventually, 90% of major US companies go out of business or get bought by somebody else. I think that of the stocks in the original Dow only one is still around.