AirTran Airways MEC authorizes Strike Vote!

[NuGuy]

Heyas,

I could see SWA purchasing the 737s and the gate leases in ATL & MCO and selling the 717s.

Blue Horseshoe loves AAI....

Nu

 

[rajflyboy]

Air Tranny

The best "National" Airline in America Today !!!!!

and >> you don't even have to buy a type rating to work there!

and that XM radio is awesome when you can actually listen to a song between Captain briefs on the PA system.

 

[no1pilot2000]

This debate is getting better day by day, and post by post.

Let Air Tran pilots and management do their thing.

Let SWA pilots and their management do their thing.

Are SWA pilots happy with their "flying" jobs?

Are Air Tran pilots happy with their "flying" jobs?

(And I thought the pilots at the regional airline area of this web site were complaining !?)

 

[XRMEFLYER]

You should think about the whole picture of what a staple would do besides just the hourly increase.

Think about this for a moment: If you accept a staple, you are now artificially put at a lower seniority point. If there is a furlough, guess who gets the street first? You. Because YOU put $ in front of rational thought and strategic planning.

How much $ will you be getting on the street when you could have still been on property with DOH or some other fair integration mechanism?

Save the lectures for someone who cares hero.

I would PREFER not to be stapled in the event we were aquired by SWA. That said, for that kind of pay raise I might just have to take my chances with the furlough possibilities at that carrier that has never resorted to those kinds of cost cutting moves.

 

[Colonel Savage]

Max, PCL, DonV, if I recall correctly, the Spirit pilots have already had their (successful) strike vote, and are awaiting release into the 30 day cooling off period from the mediator, but it seems to be dragging out a bit. If that is true, can that happen with the AAI situation, and allow resolution to be delayed an inordinate amount of time?

Seems the Spirit situation could be a good barometer of how things could go for the AAI pilots.

 

[T3700]

If the Spirit Pilots are not released, airline management teams throughout the industry will know that they have nothing to fear from their labor groups. We will all become little more than indentured servants.

 

[PCL_128]

Seems the Spirit situation could be a good barometer of how things could go for the AAI pilots.

There are significant differences in what is happening at Spirit compared to AirTran. Management at Spirit is still demanding some pretty radical things, such as a requirement for pilots to pay back their sick time by picking up extra trips after they get well. With those kinds of divides, the NMB has been trying desperately to close some of the smaller issues before getting to a release, just so there's a least a small chance of getting a deal within the 30-day cooling-off period. By contrast, at AirTran, the only remaining issues on the table are the big economic pieces and scope.

 

[Colonel Savage]

Thanks PCL, sounds like you're watching Spirit pretty close. Understand about the big economic pieces, but why is scope on the table? I thought that was not going to be even considered as a bargining chip.

 

[PCL_128]

Understand about the big economic pieces, but why is scope on the table? I thought that was not going to be even considered as a bargining chip.

It's on the table because we expect to improve it.

 

[Lear70]

Hey... Snapperhead... ever answer the phone?