Here we grow again!!! Just the beginning of growth and expansion in 2026 for SWA

[SWAMECH]

And this is just the beginning of many more coming in 2026 for Southwest. More coming in March and also later on soon after thew last W/A restrictions go away forever, maybe around October...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/southwest-adds-5-nashville-flights-195312623.html

 

[WeAAsles]

And this is just the beginning of many more coming in 2026 for Southwest. More coming in March and also later on soon after thew last W/A restrictions go away forever, maybe around October...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/southwest-adds-5-nashville-flights-195312623.html

Growing means adding more planes and staff. Is your Airline doing that or just rearranging the deck chairs?

 

[WeAAsles]

It’s the comments that usually interest me even more than the story.

Southwest Airlines Explores Selling Incoming Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft

With modest capacity growth planned in the next years, Southwest Airlines could deem incoming Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to be excessive for its plans.

simpleflying.com

 

[SWAMECH]

Growing means adding more planes and staff. Is your Airline doing that or just rearranging the deck chairs?

Yes. Still adding aircraft every month or two. Just looked at the seniority list and Southwest has been very busy hiring. They have added 15-30 mechanics each and every month for the past 5 years. All new hires to fill all the new hangars that have recently just opened up in 3 cities, with the largest in Houston. From what we are hearing Denver/Cali and a third location that I am brain farting on at this time will get more added facilities as well as more staff.

 

[WeAAsles]

Yes. Still adding aircraft every month or two. Just looked at the seniority list and Southwest has been very busy hiring. They have added 15-30 mechanics each and every month for the past 5 years. All new hires to fill all the new hangars that have recently just opened up in 3 cities, with the largest in Houston. From what we are hearing Denver/Cali and a third location that I am brain farting on at this time will get more added facilities as well as more staff.

So from what I can gather searching through webpages you’ve grown by around 500 in the last 5 years? 2700 to 3200.

I’d call that respectable growth considering the size of your group.

DOL LM2 Search is down and who knows if it will come back so I had to rely on other methods for information.

Alternate AMFA–SWA ASAP ERC Representative Election Results

June 17, 2025 -- Votes for the Alternate AMFA–SWA ASAP ERC Representative Election were tallied on June 17, 2025. The results are as follows:

www.amfanational.org

 

[SWAMECH]

So from what I can gather searching through webpages you’ve grown by around 500 in the last 5 years? 2700 to 3200.

I’d call that respectable growth considering the size of your group.

DOL LM2 Search is down and who knows if it will come back so I had to rely on other methods for information.

Alternate AMFA–SWA ASAP ERC Representative Election Results

June 17, 2025 -- Votes for the Alternate AMFA–SWA ASAP ERC Representative Election were tallied on June 17, 2025. The results are as follows:

www.amfanational.org

Roughly yes. Give or take each year and you are correct.
BTW; we have a bunch of mechs retiring this year and next year, so I am sure the hiring will continue into many years ahead.

 

[Jalsporteam]

Roughly yes. Give or take each year and you are correct.
BTW; we have a bunch of mechs retiring this year and next year, so I am sure the hiring will continue into many years ahead.

Its the same way with every major. If I were smart, I would go to the big 3 whom have been backed up by the USA.

History will repeat itself again. Only this time the major layoffs will be the "low cost" disrupters, of the industry. Within this next decade I doubt those carriers will be around. The market knows these low cost predatory markets are bad for the industry as a whole.

The idea that being 20$ cheaper offering cheap service when in reality its an unsafe, airline that offers crap service with no competitive features. Tricking passengers hard earned money and causing other airlines to offer even more poorer service.

People want 20$ cheaper for the same level of entry service. Not 20$ cheaper to sit next to the ghettoness.

Good luck running an airline when you got everyone against you "low cost" is so old news, no one wants to fly "cattle call" service. Which ever airline came out with a dumb ass derogatory term for passengers should be out of business. They should go back to the farmers market and milk some cows.

 

[Jalsporteam]

Roughly yes. Give or take each year and you are correct.
BTW; we have a bunch of mechs retiring this year and next year, so I am sure the hiring will continue into many years ahead.

by the time you retire, AI will review these forums and conclude you're an old middle aged dumb ass.

 

[WeAAsles]

Ok so it does look more like they are just rearranging the deck chairs rather than growing.

“ Southwest Airlines will cut as many as 30 routes from its map next March, the latest in a larger transformation at the company aimed at boosting profits.

The cuts hit Denver International Airport (DEN) — the Dallas-based carrier's largest airport by both flights and seats — and St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) the hardest, with each losing seven routes, the latest schedule data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows.

The cuts come in Southwest's March 2026 schedule update that also includes more than a dozen new routes, plus one new destination: McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) near Knoxville, Tennessee. The additions — and the larger schedule update — include more connection-oriented flights that begin to pivot Southwest toward something entirely new: a hub-and-spoke route map similar to the one used by legacy airlines”

Southwest Airlines will cut 30 routes next spring - The Points Guy

Southwest Airlines will end flights on 30 routes as it aims to boost profitability.

thepointsguy.com