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CrewDog97

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As of 2am today, AirTran and its management have reached a tentative agreement. Pending further careful review of language, blah blah blah. Great news, now let's wait for the details...
 
Wow!, another sign of the impending apocalypse, we have a T.A.! Looks like the Mayans were right.......
 
Was there any doubt there would be an agreement? Why would the company not agree to a contract? What do they have to lose? Anything they agree too would be less than what they will get with SWA. That is why there is a snap shot of what they had at the time of the sale. There is no reason the Airtran management would not agree.

Hell, Airtran already got a 3% raise with SWA and they are not even there yet. It is probably more than what they just agreed too.
 
Kharma Police said:
Yes, thank you to my new Lords and Masters at Love Field.

Signed,
Your faithful and loyal servant
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That sounded AWESOME. I can't wait to hear you say that in person!

Gup

p.s. Seriously, congrats. It's been a long 5 years and will make your contract more bearable for the next 2 years before you get "our" contract.
 
Well, t'anks fer nuttin'

GuppyWN said:
You're welcome. :laugh:

Gup
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We were actually on track to getting a better AT contract for ourselves before the merger was announced.

98% of the pilots had authorized a strike, and time was running out for mgmnt. Pilots were ready to request being released, and the next event was the Strike Center opening.

Once the SWA news broke, many pilots were willing to settle for less "because it's only until the transition to SWA".

So, to quote a line from Caddyshack, "Well, t'anks fer nuttin', Noonan". :laugh:
 
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Speak for yourself. I'm not willing to settle for less. If we don't get Alaska pay rates Im voting no. Who the hell knows when or if the SW deal will go through. There could be another Ice Age coming or every volacano on the planet could erupt all at the same time. I mean we did get a TA from BMT hell must be freezing over.
 
tubelcane said:
Speak for yourself. I'm not willing to settle for less. If we don't get Alaska pay rates Im voting no. Who the hell knows when or if the SW deal will go through. There could be another Ice Age coming or every volacano on the planet could erupt all at the same time. I mean we did get a TA from BMT hell must be freezing over.
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If this was directed at me, you're preaching to the choir. I'm not exactly enthused by the news, and the fact that they have taken the forum down leaves me feeling even less enthused about it.
 
I'm gonna be happy about this as long as I can. The details will inevitably harsh my deal.
 
It's up again. It went down, then up, the down, and now it's up again. And not in the good way. It looks like it's being overloaded. IMHO
 
Heard we got SWA +5%... Which now changes the whole argument.... What does SWA bring to the table? "We look forward to stapling you to our asses"...
 
Well it's a cold day in hell today, for sure. Now we get to see what kind of sh!t sandwich our MEC thinks we should swallow. Hate to be a pessimist, but I'm almost afraid of what they deemed acceptable. I pray I'm proved wrong.
 
tubelcane said:
Speak for yourself. I'm not willing to settle for less. If we don't get Alaska pay rates Im voting no. Who the hell knows when or if the SW deal will go through. There could be another Ice Age coming or every volacano on the planet could erupt all at the same time. I mean we did get a TA from BMT hell must be freezing over.
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Gary Kelly is reportedly willing to walk away if the Critter pilots reject it.
 
ATLplt said:
Well it's a cold day in hell today, for sure. Now we get to see what kind of sh!t sandwich our MEC thinks we should swallow. Hate to be a pessimist, but I'm almost afraid of what they deemed acceptable. I pray I'm proved wrong.
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Does it really matter in the big picture? You will be getting SWA at the end and what you get in this contract will not have any bearing on the merger. Even if it takes 2 years to get what SWA has it is a small thing when you look at life itself. In fact, non of this will matter at the end anyway.
 
Deleted...due to not wanting to write a 100 page thesis on why our group deserves some good news.
 
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Is that because we're gonna die from an impact with your avatar in Dec. 2012?
 
I wish you guys the very best!
Just remember this though.... if the words out of your MEC's mouth are, "you are really going to like this", watch out!
 
400ADude said:
Gary Kelly is reportedly willing to walk away if the Critter pilots reject it.
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I'm just giddy knowing that you'll be slinging gear for some Air Tran pilot for the next 10 years, JUNIOR.............:laugh::laugh:
Oh, and he didn't have to buy his job like you did.
 
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