My response to SWA package!

[saabcaptain]

There are a bunch of Airtran *AND* SWA guys/girls on here stirring it up. Let me say this as what I feel is a typical line holder at SWA...

1. I stand behind SWAPA
2. I hope for a negotiated SLI because it benefits SWA, and the pilots of SWAPA work hand in hand with our management who in turn takes care of us.
3. We will never accept harm in the form of delayed upgrades, potential for upgrade etc. and such as a result of the purchase of AirTran because we feel that the pilots of AirTran will hugely benefit from being acquired by SWA because of our pay, benefits, work rules, and the stability of our company.
4. If we go to arbitration because of being unable to satisfy #3 that is fine with us. If the result is of arbitration is in anyway negative towards us (and I doubt that would be the case) I expect SWA management to do right by us.

I hope this is over soon, I look forward to working with the pilots of AirTran and I feel they will really enjoy the unique culture and benefits of being a SWA pilot. That's me though.

 

[texman]

For Mr. PLC,

Can you please show per AT's new CBA where you can make a company (AT) intergrate with SWA. If so how do you think this will hold up in federal court if AT went BK? I would like to see facts please.

 

[madjack]

PCL you said: Of course. Why wouldn't I? It's not like their new money would be coming out of my pocket.

Boy I am glad you are negotiating for us!!

 

[madjack]

Correction: I am glad you are NOT negotiating for us!

 

[madjack]

Ty said: There is only one group that threatens to ignore the Agreement if they don't get their way . . . . and it isn't the AirTran pilots.

Well Ty "keeping it real" Webb, there is only one group that has anything to lose in this deal...

What's wrong with DOH with Pay Protection for the downgraded AAI CPs?...what do you lose Ty?

 

[redflyer65]

Appearantly the ego of the left seat. Which I never understood.

 

[Crash Pad]

Ty would lose 11 pages and 165 posts of his life on this thread alone! Multiply that by a couple of threads and we have all lost 264 tfp or 70 block hours of our lives.

 

[Ty Webb]

Ty would lose 11 pages and 165 posts of his life on this thread alone! Multiply that by a couple of threads and we have all lost 264 tfp or 70 block hours of our lives.

If I lost my seat, it would set a terrible precedent for future generations of pilots. Plus the sheer volume of "I told you so's" would cause flightinfo's server to crash....hell, the bandwidth required might even bring the internet to a crawl, or to a standstill.

Banks, hospitals, transportation systems, nuclear power plants... All could grind to a halt. The World, as we know it, might never be the same again.

So, I guess you could say that my motivations are humanitarian in nature.


Thank you very much.... I'll be here all week. Drink up, Shriners.

 

[waveflyer]

What's wrong with DOH with Pay Protection for the downgraded AAI CPs?...what do you lose Ty?

MJack- help out your junior bros man. DOH doesn't work for all the guys that got hired in 2008- it would mean the bottom AT guy would have at least 200 Swapa pilots underneath them at the snapshot.

SWA is a job that takes years longer to get than the AT job- there should be a few years of AT pilots under CJ. IMHO.

 

[GoodTimes]

Ty,

I laughed at your post this time because it was funny. I usually laugh at the absurdity. Seriously bro....."I told you so's" and bandwidth. Classic.