Just thinking
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"850 AT captains About 400 will lose their seat to people who were senior to them"........
EVERY Captain lost their seat.
"will now bid lines and vacation as FO that they couldn't dream of holding at AT. They will be able to pick up time and a half O.T. and charters making it easy to make more than they are currently making."..........
As a FAT reserve Captain who has transitioned I have to work 120 tfp to replace what I earned on the AT side. Still working weekends and holidays unless I commute to the west coast and that is before the rest of the FAT Captains come over in 2014. No chance to pick up charters or premium.
"The other 450 AT guys that come over will be able to hold captain"........
Not until there is a vacancy. Front loading of Captain slots in 2014 will ensure there will be no FAT upgrades for the next couple of years. This also ensures years of reserve for the RSW upgrades.
"I have over 44 of them that will now retire after I do."..............
Wow. A whole .0055% out of a 8000 pilot list will be in front of you when you retire.
"Tell me that my overall career earnings will have a significant increase because of you being bought"..............
They have been improved because you now have an airline that is poised to grow. You did not have that before. What you had before the purchase was an airline that was living in the past. 50 year-old ex-jock wearing a tight fitting letter jacket to the home coming game waxing nostalgic about 15 minute turns and 1-2-3 at the lobby bar. gk had to force a paradigm shift throughout the entire organization to change tracks and head off in a new direction.
Airtran was not the best in any way shape or form. What they were was a huge boil on Delta azz that was not going away. As a LCC we had a far superior product for the price when compared to SW. (Not as good as JB though) Our performance metrics were far superior. We had grown to 100 aircraft quicker than any other airline until JB eclipsed that mark. Our contract was not stellar but improvements were being made. (Much more quickly than the improvements when comparing airline growth timeline comparison.) From SWAPA's mouth.... you did not negotiate an industry leading contract..... everyone else just receded behind yours through bankruptcy.
Without the purchase you would not have broken ground for any international terminal. Without the purchase you would not have started international. You would not be looking at larger aircraft for the future because a 737 variant is just fine for domestic travel. When you retire with all .0055% of FAT pukes ahead of you, look at where SWA has grown to and ask yourself if they could have done it without the catalyst of the Airtran purchase?
This was gk speech to the share holders when campaigning for the purchase of AT and his promise for 15 % ROIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62kxPyNZF3Q
EVERY Captain lost their seat.
"will now bid lines and vacation as FO that they couldn't dream of holding at AT. They will be able to pick up time and a half O.T. and charters making it easy to make more than they are currently making."..........
As a FAT reserve Captain who has transitioned I have to work 120 tfp to replace what I earned on the AT side. Still working weekends and holidays unless I commute to the west coast and that is before the rest of the FAT Captains come over in 2014. No chance to pick up charters or premium.
"The other 450 AT guys that come over will be able to hold captain"........
Not until there is a vacancy. Front loading of Captain slots in 2014 will ensure there will be no FAT upgrades for the next couple of years. This also ensures years of reserve for the RSW upgrades.
"I have over 44 of them that will now retire after I do."..............
Wow. A whole .0055% out of a 8000 pilot list will be in front of you when you retire.
"Tell me that my overall career earnings will have a significant increase because of you being bought"..............
They have been improved because you now have an airline that is poised to grow. You did not have that before. What you had before the purchase was an airline that was living in the past. 50 year-old ex-jock wearing a tight fitting letter jacket to the home coming game waxing nostalgic about 15 minute turns and 1-2-3 at the lobby bar. gk had to force a paradigm shift throughout the entire organization to change tracks and head off in a new direction.
Airtran was not the best in any way shape or form. What they were was a huge boil on Delta azz that was not going away. As a LCC we had a far superior product for the price when compared to SW. (Not as good as JB though) Our performance metrics were far superior. We had grown to 100 aircraft quicker than any other airline until JB eclipsed that mark. Our contract was not stellar but improvements were being made. (Much more quickly than the improvements when comparing airline growth timeline comparison.) From SWAPA's mouth.... you did not negotiate an industry leading contract..... everyone else just receded behind yours through bankruptcy.
Without the purchase you would not have broken ground for any international terminal. Without the purchase you would not have started international. You would not be looking at larger aircraft for the future because a 737 variant is just fine for domestic travel. When you retire with all .0055% of FAT pukes ahead of you, look at where SWA has grown to and ask yourself if they could have done it without the catalyst of the Airtran purchase?
This was gk speech to the share holders when campaigning for the purchase of AT and his promise for 15 % ROIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62kxPyNZF3Q
