Good question. .they LUV the -200 for local routes. ...my $0.02 is that they might want to go ahead and put time/cycles on them until the next major inspection and then park them while keeping the -700 fresh. ..or it might be the extra expense/scheduling of differences training for the cockpit crew from the -200 to the -700. Walter DCA > > Does anyone know why Southwest continued flying -200s while new -700s were parked in the desert? > > > psa188@juno.com > > > > Southwest Airlines and Pilots Reach Accord > > April 27, 2002 > > By BLOOMBERG NEWS > > > > > DALLAS, April 26 (Bloomberg News) - The Southwest Airlines > Company and its pilots union have reached a tentative > agreement that calls for paying a premium for flying Boeing > Company 737-200's as the airline phases out the aircraft. > > Pilots who fly the 27 remaining 737-200's, which would be > based in Dallas and Houston, would receive a 7 percent > premium. The extra pay is needed because the planes will > usually fly shorter trips, meaning their pilots would have > to work more to earn the same as their peers, the union > said. > > The agreement, which is still subject to the approval of > the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association board and its > members, was confirmed by the airline and the union in a > joint statement. The union represents 4,111 Southwest > pilots. > > The airline plans to stop using 737-200's by the end of > 2004 as it replaces them with newer versions of the Boeing > jetliner. The two sides agreed on the plan early Thursday. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/27/business/27SOUT.html?ex=1020938570&ei=1&en =eef62eb2c0c04586 > > > > HOW TO ADVERTISE > --------------------------------- > For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters > or other creative advertising opportunities with The > New York Times on the Web, please contact > onlinesales@nytimes.com or visit our online media > kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo > > For general information about NYTimes.com, write to > help@nytimes.com. > > Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company >