Roomwithaview
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Ty,
Really? You are starting to unravel
Guess what? That reduction is still coming. What are your protections now?
Really? You are starting to unravel
Good luck with that argument in arbitration. I hope you guys have something better than that to hang your silly a%% Alan Jackson hat on.A "windfall" , in regards to SLI, is defined as the "taking of something from one group and giving it to the other". So, paying the AAI pilots the going rates at SWA is not a windfall, not in the legal sense. You could say it is an improvement.
Totally aware of that. That's why the AIP was such a huge WINDFALL for you guys. Yet, you still turned it down. STUNNING!!You should be aware, too, that SWA plans to reduce our main domicile by over half
Guess what? That reduction is still coming. What are your protections now?
That's why your MEC did what ALPA always does. Divvied up the protection to the Captains. Not just the pre-9/27/10 captains but even the ones you padded the list with post acquisition. Those captain retention slots are GONE (thank gawd!!) Just like all the goodies in the AIPThat means that the ATL fences and protections would not benefit half of the pilots.
The bottom of the list gets what the bottom can hold. The good news is that you were being HANDSOMELY rewarded for getting the opportunity of a lifetime. You keep trying to make it sound like you guys are being dragged over here kicking and screaming all the way. It makes for great drama just like reality TV. Unfortunately, that too is fake. Sorry to burst your bubble.Meanwhile, the displaced half would have been stripped of four years' seniority, where we would remain for most of the decade, until we started acquiring seniority again.
Nice try. It's about everything and everything will be argued and considered no matter how much you try to say it won't. Arbitrators aren't as stupid and naive as you make them out to be. Neither are SWA pilots and I venture to guess the majority of AAI pilots aren't as well. That's why your MEC cratered the deal because they are GREEDY and they want it all. Just like Steve Chase pointed out.The issue here is seniority, not money. We only want to keep our seniority, not take away any SWA pilot's seniority. How you determine that makes us greedy is beyond me, but I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion.