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[Britpilot]

and I guess what they say about you is true..........

Riiiight.
By the way, ask the AT guys who just finished training how long it took, wow......63 days. Who knew?

 

[Beechdriver32]

Brit-

I agree that you guys got screwed.

You really should sue everyone you can to get what you deserve.

Really. You should.

Instead of just complaining, put your money where your mouth is and try to make it right.

 

[scoreboardII]

That's what I keep telling you. We will not all be over by Jan 2015 it's impossible.
How many guys are getting across this year? About 100, that leaves 1650 of us to go.

The 60 days of training crap comes from your Training Dept. That is their time frame regardless of current equipment. Now crunch the numbers and tell me your time frame will work.

264 FO's have or will be trained this year so your way off.

 

[FlyinGuy]

Brit, I also do not believe that you will all cross by Jan 15 (there is the timeline). I think that SWA is in a bit of a crunch and will miss that mark. I do believe that come Jan 15 you will all be on SWA pay scales. You might want to take a deep breath and chillax a bit. It does wonders for the stress. Remember this is a marathon not a sprint.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Its more like a pub crawl.

There is some moving around, some drinking, some fighting, and some puking. In the end everybody is a winner and a loser.

 

[Britpilot]

264 FO's have or will be trained this year so your way off.

Nope, you're way off. Only 178 were scheduled to cross befote the cancelled classes.

 

[dh82dvr]

Its more like a pub crawl.

Its exactly like a pub crawl.

:beer:

 

[canyonblue]

I guess you are happy with the B scale airline. The divide is growing.

Didn't you guys fight for those wages? Over 99% voted to strike for those wages, now they are not good enough? You get Southwest wages when you fly Southwest lines, what is so hard to figure out? I'm starting to think Airtran picked up some of you guys on e-harmoney, where the heck is the weeding out process.

uke:

 

[fletch717]

Didn't you guys fight for those wages? Over 99% voted to strike for those wages, now they are not good enough? You get Southwest wages when you fly Southwest lines, what is so hard to figure out? I'm starting to think Airtran picked up some of you guys on e-harmoney, where the heck is the weeding out process.

uke:

One luv baby....... I think I feel it.
I can't wait to vote yes on a concessionary contract as a swapa pilot, just for fun.

Karma...... It ain't just a German car.

 

[Tripower455]

One luv baby....... I think I feel it.
I can't wait to vote yes on a concessionary contract as a swapa pilot, just for fun.

Karma...... It ain't just a German car.

You're gonna fit right in around here!

 

[waveflyer]

There you go. How many Captain seats did you gain? There is no Delta option, you know that.
I was told by one of your guys that I was not good enough to be a SWA FO because I didn't have a type. Really? I have a type and six thousand hours of 737 time, but not good enough apparantly.

Could care less that you don't have a type- mostly the type indicates that we were willing to sacrifice fairly big money bc we WANT to work here. It's not a referendum on pilot skill- its a referendum on working with an owner mentality and Swa saying they valued that. Our issue about the type is one with mgmt, not you. For a lot of us it was a bigger sacrifice at the time than it would be today- and that sacrifice doesn't seem to be respected by mgmt or AT pilots in this integration. But honestly- no beef with you.

Now what I know I don't know is why your fragmentation language wouldn't be triggered by what's happened? What's the point in having that language if this situation doesn't apply?

 

[Britpilot]

I do have the type.
Fragmentation does not apply as the airframes are being sub leased not sold.

 

[Britpilot]

Didn't you guys fight for those wages? Over 99% voted to strike for those wages, now they are not good enough? You get Southwest wages when yo:bomb:u fly Southwest lines, what is so hard to figure out? I'm starting to think Airtran picked up some of you guys on e-harmoney, where the heck is the weeding out process.

uke:

:bomb:

Actually we were told th:blush:at we would only be on this contract for a year as we would transisition to your contract in a year. That was two years ago. We were sold a pony.

 

[redflyer65]

I do have the type.
Fragmentation does not apply as the airframes are being sub leased not sold.

I thought PCL and Lear said it met the definitions under the fragmentation clause. What gives?

 

[PCL_128]

Now what I know I don't know is why your fragmentation language wouldn't be triggered by what's happened? What's the point in having that language if this situation doesn't apply?

It does apply. But when management violates a contract, the only option is the grievance process. We can't force Delta to take us, all we can do is hold SWA management accountable for not abiding by our CBA.