Good luck Swapa? What? You smoking again?
There was no punishment. I told them time and time again to be careful when trying to pin SW management into a corner. They tried and it hurt them.
SWAPA has done just fine throughout the years, DALPA hasn't. They let the plague of RJs out of the bag. They've trade large amounts of scope and codeshare for pay. SWAPA hasn't done any of that. I think SWAPA will be just fine Gen, but thanks for your unwavering concern.
Soon those AAI guys will all be making more than you. I'm sorry that hurts your ego so much. Might be time for another Xanax to ease the pain.
It's ridiculous how you try to inject yourself in a discussion about Southwest when you really don't know what your talking about...time and time again you show you ignorance.
This deal has been done for how long now, and you are still trying to beat this dead horse? How many more years are YOU going to care? 5? 10? 20?
Your losing it. Get a new schtick. Everyone is getting tired of your LBB and merger BS. If that's all you have, then quite posting on the Majors and go back to beating up your buddies on the Regional board. You're like a high school grad that keeps cruising the Regional parking lot to make sure they know your cool. But in the end, they (and everyone else) know how pathetic you really are.
Enjoy the wait for takeoff behind that very, very long line of RJs.
RF
First off, note the time stamp... It's 119am here in ATL. I've always been a night owl, and that helps me do ATL--Europe allnight. I'm very used to it. I was also on the grassy knoll in Dallas!
Second, wow Red, you are so far off on your stuff. Are you sure you're not flying an old 737-200 without an FMC to LBB? You're lost!
As far as the AT guys making more than us, unfortunately they won't be, especially if they and you guys take a hit in upcoming negotiations. This is from your negotiators:
SWAPA's "Negotiating Point" - Jan 2013: Some interesting quotes:
SWAPA pilots still produce more flight hours per pilot per year than any other pilot group.
The pilot contracts that have been signed recently or are currently being negotiated will put network carriers back on top in terms of pilot costs per hour in the near future.
Contracts at United and Delta will provide their pilots with larger “effective compensation” starting in 2014, in part because much of their retirement contributions will be provided directly from the parent company and not require matching contributions from the pilot.
When broken down into “cash compensation” and “effective compensation,” both Delta and United will surpass SWA by 2015 in both categories. (Delta will equal SWA in 2013 and surpass us in 2014.)
So, I doubt it.
I post on several boards on FI because I enjoy the whole industry. You may not understand a lot of it, obviously, but I enjoy all parts of this industry. And, thanks to Dalpa and the new contract, we will have 200+ extra RJs off the taxiways for good, and 88 new 717s instead. So, it's more likely that I'll be following one of them, flying off to a city one of our Connection carriers used to fly to, and now mainline does. That's fantastic.
And I know why you don't like the merger discussion, it brings up things that many of you want to forget.
Bye Bye---General Lee
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