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[General Lee]

Too funny!

If I can wander the earth in my underwear and new weird beard, I'm in! I can tell stories about "back on the -9" to girls stomping grapes, or shout it from a bullhorn while weaving a Vespa through Rome traffic, or on my way to Dusseldorf, to have ice cream with GL.

:laugh:

I would make sure you have the best dish of ice cream EVER on a 767-300ER. You do get a choice of toppings: strawberry sauce, chocolate, caramel, whip cream, and chopped nuts. So darn FANTASTIC! (Especially on the tracks).


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[waveflyer]

Ummm

Anyone else find that exchange just a bit too ...romantic

 

[waveflyer]

Hey window licker, some of us never wanted a place at SWA and are now forced to accept it because we've got too much time invested that it makes more sense to stay than start over.
dude, you have your choices. That's all we f^cking have in life- I'd never throw out some "Own it" corporate speak but don't expect to not get called out if you do t own your own personal choices man. More baby sh/t. BTW, every bankruptcy (and every lower pay scale prior) since 911 is a result of WN and the current situation we find ourselves in is a result of SWAPA. No thanks to you. can you PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS ONE? Coming from an AirTran guy, it seems pretty rich but I'll let you dig your hole Keep doing it cheaper and mgmt. will expect it. Time to pay the piper, please prove me wrong.

BTW, fewer and fewer believe anything in SL1 would have come to pass. There are more no voters now than actually voted on SL2. All the fo's I fly with say they voted no, it's not worth arguing about now except "I told you so".

Maybe they're a no voter to you bc of the tone you set

 

[jonjuan]

I would make sure you have the best dish of ice cream EVER on a 767-300ER. You do get a choice of toppings: strawberry sauce, chocolate, caramel, whip cream, and chopped nuts. So darn FANTASTIC! (Especially on the tracks).


Bye Bye---General Lee

Ummmmm, that's not whip cream your favorite FA, Sergio is serving you (as he winks at you).

 

[Just thinking]

For every FAT pilot that complains about the lies from management, loss of seniority, loss of Captain seat, loss of pay, loss of QOL, loss of base, lies from the MEC/LEC/MC (your fellow pilots) and the arrogance of RSW pilots.....

you have the same on the other side.

RSW pilots complaining that they did not "get" anything out of the deal. They had to pay for their type. They interviewed and hired for the job, not aquired. Management lied to them. SWAPA lied to them. FAT pilots get a pay raise. Pilots hired in 2011 are pissed because they were in a pool for three years and were not badged as SWA employees immediately after notification that they were in a pool. They are pissed because the FAT pilots will sit waiting for a class date in 2015 while getting guarantee.
FAT pilots should be happy they have a job and think that the FAT pilots are arrogant.
Airtran was a failing company that the pilot group was willing to strike to achieve their goals.

The irony of the entire situation is that the RSW pilots that I have flown with have been upset with the management team for quite a while. (well before Aitran deal) and that gk is out of touch. They used to do 15 minute turns and co workers gave a shiite. Herb lead the way and gk is lead by his belly button. They want to stand up a strike committee to demonstrate to the company of their resolve. They are tired of the pace of negotiations. Captains authority is diminished and the operations agents run everything...... pilots are nothing special and easily replaced.

SAME AS IT EVER WAS. Different names and faces but same style. Welcome to the circus..... nothing special.

PS: USA hockey not very exciting with the shut out in Sochi.... maybe the pros are more concerned with preserving their pro career..... 5-0 Finland wins.

 

[General Lee]

Ummm

Anyone else find that exchange just a bit too ...romantic

Only you and Jonny Juan. Maybe you guys should explore your dreams together with whip cream...


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Freebrd]

You're weird Jenny, frickin' weird.

 

[madjack]

Arrogant Fat boy ex-EVP calling his fellow union bros cowards (yeah the same pilots who paid for his union gig) is a new circus act...

 

[twepilot]

Jack,he,s been doing it a long time...
Rv

 

[redflyer65]

Ummmmm, that's not whip cream your favorite FA, Sergio is serving you (as he winks at you).

Awesome. I wonder if the Jenny buys those European dinners for Sergio?

Yea......you know he does. It's his 'road husband' by the way. Haha.

 

[redflyer65]

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RSW pilots complaining that they did not "get" anything out of the deal.

Feel free to tell me what I got out of the deal JT.







Hint - I didn't get a 40% pay raise.

 

[Just thinking]

"Feel free to tell me what I got out of the deal JT.
Hint - I didn't get a 40% pay raise.".......

Exactly my point..... RSW pilots complaining that they did not get anything out of the deal.....

 

[humveedriver]

"Feel free to tell me what I got out of the deal JT.
Hint - I didn't get a 40% pay raise.".......

Exactly my point..... RSW pilots complaining that they did not get anything out of the deal.....

Quite the self licking ice cream cone. Only 24 more years!

 

[UALX727]

RedFlyer65....I thought you guys all got a pretty decent system seniority bump? I have heard an average of around 10% some higher, some lower. Over the long haul that translates into a quicker upgrade for you...which really is more money...but that happens later down the road when you upgrade.

I lost 32% relative systemwide and my left seat and am hoping to stay close to what I was making before. If I lose some money now I should be able to make it up and earn more later as a captain again someday.

This way of looking at it is only true if we actually upgrade and can take advantage of the left seat pay. Many things could get in the way of that...if you hit 65 first...health problems....those payrates still in effect....etc. So I would look at it that way. You don't see benefits immediately...rather later on.

 

[shootr]

A very small slice of the SWA seniority list got about a 10% bump in global seniority on the combined list. Most got a far smaller bump in global seniority. The bottom 50% of the FO list actually had upgrade slowed due to the average age of AT pilots. Some will never upgrade.