IS the SOUTHWEST FURLOUGH RUMOR TRUE????

[jtmpilot]

What the heck is going on??? Heard from a buddy that SWA might furlough due to growth shrinking and the fallout from the maintenance issues?????

 

[viper548]

They're running 3 classes next month

 

[jtmpilot]

Buddy said that is to get the retirees a number on the list before the furlough for medical options, so they can get COBRA until they are 65... hes a check airmen there and says it will be announced soon....

What the HECK!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[viper548]

You're saying Southwest would knowingly run a class that they were gonna furlough? A typical SWA newhire is leaving a decent paying job to go work for SWA. You really think SWA is going to let these people leave their other jobs just to show up and be shown the door and be jobless? I call BS on this one

 

[GFunk20]

I call BS on this one also. They have been scaling back their growth since last summer accordingly. That is why we've been swimming the pool so long. SWA management is the most cautious out there. I highly doubt they'd run 3 classes if that were the case.

 

[BOYCAPTAIN]

...............................nevermind!

 

[vixin]

The retiree already has full paid medical benefits. Why would they want COBRA? I call BS on this also. Nice try.

 

[JI Gone OH]

You're saying Southwest would knowingly run a class that they were gonna furlough? A typical SWA newhire is leaving a decent paying job to go work for SWA. You really think SWA is going to let these people leave their other jobs just to show up and be shown the door and be jobless? I call BS on this one

Midway did. If memory serves me right, there was a new hire class that started about a week prior to them filing for Chapter 11. Ferguson didn't plan that (i.e. the bankruptcy filing) overnight. They let people leave there jobs, buy new houses, and move their families to Raleigh, only to be furloughed and hung out to dry.

 

[ALSF 2]

SWA is not Midway.


Cheers!

 

[2ndGenPSA]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that SWA has YET to furlough a SINGLE pilot. Even after 9/11 they maintained their entire workforce, then grew shortly thereafter.
It really is a people company (or has been).

 

[asaflyer]

SWA might furlough due to growth shrinking

That makes perfect sense.

 

[Full of LUV]

Not True??

The retiree already has full paid medical benefits. Why would they want COBRA? I call BS on this also. Nice try.

I didn't think this was true, unless you count sick leave and medicare...... Have they started paying retiree medical now, becuase traditionally this was a defecit compared to the pre bankrupt legacy contracts.
Luv

 

[svcta]

I have no dog in this fight, but do you people really believe that an AIRLINE wouldn't run a class only to furlough it? Surely I'm not the only one with this experience.

Southwest may be very different from other airlines, but it's still an airline.

 

[vixin]

I didn't think this was true, unless you count sick leave and medicare...... Have they started paying retiree medical now, becuase traditionally this was a defecit compared to the pre bankrupt legacy contracts.
Luv

They need 600 sick trips in the bank when they retire. Then the benefits are paid by cashing those in. Most if not all will have well over that amount. So th health care is provided through 65.

 

[jke406]

You're saying Southwest would knowingly run a class that they were gonna furlough?

Those classes haven't started yet.