Airtran has reached a tentative agreement!!

[CrewDog97]

As of 2am today, AirTran and its management have reached a tentative agreement. Pending further careful review of language, blah blah blah. Great news, now let's wait for the details...

 

[GuppyWN]

You're welcome. :laugh:

Gup

 

[Kharma Police]

Wow!, another sign of the impending apocalypse, we have a T.A.! Looks like the Mayans were right.......

 

[Cometman]

Was there any doubt there would be an agreement? Why would the company not agree to a contract? What do they have to lose? Anything they agree too would be less than what they will get with SWA. That is why there is a snap shot of what they had at the time of the sale. There is no reason the Airtran management would not agree.

Hell, Airtran already got a 3% raise with SWA and they are not even there yet. It is probably more than what they just agreed too.

 

[Kharma Police]

You're welcome. :laugh:

Gup

Yes, thank you to my new Lords and Masters at Love Field.

Signed,
Your faithful and loyal servant

 

[GuppyWN]

Yes, thank you to my new Lords and Masters at Love Field.

Signed,
Your faithful and loyal servant

That sounded AWESOME. I can't wait to hear you say that in person!

Gup

p.s. Seriously, congrats. It's been a long 5 years and will make your contract more bearable for the next 2 years before you get "our" contract.

 

[Ty Webb]

Well, t'anks fer nuttin'

You're welcome. :laugh:

Gup

We were actually on track to getting a better AT contract for ourselves before the merger was announced.

98% of the pilots had authorized a strike, and time was running out for mgmnt. Pilots were ready to request being released, and the next event was the Strike Center opening.

Once the SWA news broke, many pilots were willing to settle for less "because it's only until the transition to SWA".

So, to quote a line from Caddyshack, "Well, t'anks fer nuttin', Noonan". :laugh:

 

[GuppyWN]

This aint my first rodeo Ty.

Hope you like your TA.

Gup

 

[tubelcane]

Speak for yourself. I'm not willing to settle for less. If we don't get Alaska pay rates Im voting no. Who the hell knows when or if the SW deal will go through. There could be another Ice Age coming or every volacano on the planet could erupt all at the same time. I mean we did get a TA from BMT hell must be freezing over.

 

[GoodTimes]

Ty,
Ask an AA guy how easy it's been to "get released".

 

[livintheredream]

They shut down the ALPA Forums. I wonder WHY!!!!

 

[twepilot]

the forums are overloaded not shut down.

RV

 

[Ty Webb]

Speak for yourself. I'm not willing to settle for less. If we don't get Alaska pay rates Im voting no. Who the hell knows when or if the SW deal will go through. There could be another Ice Age coming or every volacano on the planet could erupt all at the same time. I mean we did get a TA from BMT hell must be freezing over.

If this was directed at me, you're preaching to the choir. I'm not exactly enthused by the news, and the fact that they have taken the forum down leaves me feeling even less enthused about it.

 

[Spud]

I'm gonna be happy about this as long as I can. The details will inevitably harsh my deal.

 

[j41driver]

the forums are overloaded not shut down.

RV

What he said...I'm on them in another window right now.

 

[Ty Webb]

the forums are overloaded not shut down.

RV

Funny, the server responds immediately, but 6 out of 6 people I have spoken with have not been able to log on to the forums.

 

[dalad]

Hope you guys got LUV + 10%. Congrats!

 

[Pilot Knob]

It's up again. It went down, then up, the down, and now it's up again. And not in the good way. It looks like it's being overloaded. IMHO

 

[Pilot Knob]

...and it's down again.

 

[Crash Pad]

Heard we got SWA +5%... Which now changes the whole argument.... What does SWA bring to the table? "We look forward to stapling you to our asses"...