Southwest Airlines

[Twidget]

A mother and her son were flying Southwest Airlines from Kansas City to<br />Chicago. The son (who had been looking out the window) turned to his mother<br />and asked, "If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don't<br />big planes have baby planes?"<br /><br />The mother (who couldn't think of an answer) told her son to ask the<br />stewardess.<br /><br />So the boy asked the stewardess, "If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats<br />have baby cats, why don't big planes have baby planes?"<br /><br />The stewardess responded, "Did your mother tell you to ask me?".?<br /><br /><br />The boy said, "Yes she did".<br /><br />"Well, then, tell your mother that there are no baby planes because Southwest always pulls out on time. Have your mother explain that to you.......

 

[DJ]

Re: Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines. Love em'<br /><br />Just flew out of KC to Phoenix. AWA/US Air cancelled their flight, jumped on SWA. Got home on time.<br /><br />Cattle car-yes. On time-yes. On time, is ALL I care about.

 

[Twidget]

Re: Southwest Airlines

Hmm, KC to Phoenix huh? <br /><br />SWA is headquartered in Dallas and flies out of Love Field in Dallas. We have this wonderful law called the Wright Amendment that doesnt allow SWA to fly direct from Dallas to any state that is not bordering Texas. It sort of kills the benefit of their cost savings. Its all set up to protect DFW Airport.

 

[Kenneth Brown]

Re: Southwest Airlines

Love field can now fly to Missouri, heard it yesterday while I was in Plano.

 

[Baldguy]

Re: Southwest Airlines

Southwest has a campaign going on right now to try to repeal the Wright Amendment. <br /><br />I believe it was originally set up when Southwest was starting out to protect the AIRLINES flying out of the DFW....not the airport.<br /><br />Great airline...great employee benefits.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Southwest Airlines

Originally posted by Twidget:<br /> SWA is headquartered in Dallas and flies out of Love Field in Dallas. We have this wonderful law called the Wright Amendment that doesnt allow SWA to fly direct from Dallas to any state that is not bordering Texas. It sort of kills the benefit of their cost savings. Its all set up to protect DFW Airport.

Competition between airports dampens economic activity in a region - it's the difference between Atlanta Hartsfield and Houston Bush airports. That's why the runways at Denver Stapleton were destroyed when the new Denver International Airport was built.<br /><br />When the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth built DFW airport, they entered into an agreement not to compete with DFW. The airlines operating at Love agreed to move all their operations to the new airport. These agreements are included as covenants in bonds sold to finance construction and improvements to DFW, some as recently as last year.<br /><br />Southwest started up after the agreement between the cities but before DFW was completed. Not having been a party to the original agreements, Southwest refused to move. As a result the City of Dallas would have been forced to close Love Field, but Jim Wright, then Speaker of the House proposed legislation to limit commercial flights with greater than 55 seats from Love Field to the contiguous states. Thus the Wright Amendment was added to a pending federal aviation bill.<br /><br />If the Wright Amendment is repealed, value of DFW Airport Bonds will be impaired, and the City of Dallas will face legal challenges to either shut down the airport or be held liable for violating bond covenants.<br /><br />Love Field is now space-constrained: Southwest occupies most of the available gates, and the airport is hemmed in on all sides by city development, giving Southwest a virtual monopoly there. The FAA can force Southwest to give up space to other airlines, in the interest of competition and free trade. <br /><br />There is and has always been plenty of space at DFW Airport for Southwest.