AirTran MEC CYA

[Kermit_D_Frog]

You know, canyonblue, if you get something that you never wanted in the first place, it's not exactly something worth celebrating. I never applied to SWA. Never had any desire to work there. So even if I retired #1 (after many years of being at the bottom of the list, which you conveniently leave out), it wouldn't matter.



You definitely don't have to worry about that. My resignation will probably come by the end of the year. Early next year at the absolute latest. Just depends on when the schedules start to get bad.

Going back to Gulf?

 

[canyonblue]

(after many years of being at the bottom of the list, which you conveniently leave out)

No, the heartburn for many SWA pilots would have been that you achieved #2 without ever being at the BOTTOM of the SWA list.

 

[canyonblue]

..to fly a 35 year old 737...

Yeah yeah, you just love the 717, we know. MTV's version of "Pimp my DC9".

 

[fletch717]

Actually, since you guys didn't have 737 classics, you probably DON'T have the right stuff to fly a "35-year old 737." You know, that old school plane-flyin' stuff, where you gotta' do more than push buttons.

But more importantly, Southwest doesn't actually HAVE any 35-year old planes, since that age would make a 737 a -200 model, the last of which we got rid of about 10 years ago. More exaggered hyperbole for comic effect, or is YOUR personal process just retarded and you don't know better? I think it's YOU guys that really need to get over yourselves (and your whining about stuff that isn't even true).

Bubba

I stand corrected, 25 year old airplanes. Yes a lot of us flew them..... 18 years ago..... Then electricity was invented.

 

[PCL_128]

No, the heartburn for many SWA pilots would have been that you achieved #2 without ever being at the BOTTOM of the SWA list.

I was stapled. That's the bottom. The only SWA pilots that went below us staple-ees are the guys hired after the merger was already announced.

 

[MCDU]

I was stapled. That's the bottom. The only SWA pilots that went below us staple-ees are the guys hired after the merger was already announced.

I do not feel sorry for you. You sound like one of those East pilots with 17 years that got placed behind a 3 mos. new hire and that you thought was fair. Boo hoo hoo Loser. At least USAIR pilots had the balls to do something about the injustice. Not like ALPA who has a great track record with Midwest pilots, ATA pilots and the TWA pilots.
M

 

[Kermit_D_Frog]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

Yeah yeah, you just love the 717, we know. MTV's version of "Pimp my DC9".

I actually do like the 71 after having flown the 9 and would happily have flown it for the next 4-9 years. I was hoping to stay on the 71 until the classics were gone and transition to a somewhat automated aircraft. I'm not afraid of the 300/500, I've flown round dials. I just prefer the safety and lower workload brought on by the best use of technology possible. Kind of like preferring a self propelled push mower (71) over one that is not (73-700), which is still better than a reel mower (73-300/500).

 

[Ty Webb]

Actually, since you guys didn't have 737 classics, you probably DON'T have the right stuff to fly a "35-year old 737." You know, that old school plane-flyin' stuff, where you gotta' do more than push buttons.

Bubba

Bubba . . . whatsa matter? You don't seem yourself today. Did you forget to bid this month?

In case anyone's forgotten, before the 717, AirTran used to operate 737-200 and DC9's. When I was a newhire, we only had a dozen 717 . . . everything else was DC9, and if you think the 737 classics were byzantine, you should catch a ride in a DC9 sometime.

I would suggest that most pilots playing at this level are not going to have an issue with hand-flying or scan . . . As someone who sat on the bench for two years, I can tell you that 90% of returning to flying involved FMC/Checklists/Changes to SOP's/Re-establishing habit patterns. Hand-flying the airplane has become so ingrained, it's like driving a car.

Seems to me like this is just one more turd offered up by those who want to find reason #29 to justify taking things from AirTran pilots and giving them to SWA pilots.

Speaking of turds . . . A friend who transitioned to SWA last year related a pretty amusing story about a rather clueless SWA FO who was telling everyone at the table how AirTran pilots couldn't possibly be ready for the left seat at SWA . . . When pressed for a reason, he stated that " . . . SWA operated in the Northeast in winter, and they have to deal with deicing and things that the AirTran pilots weren't used to". :erm:

He was SHOCKED to learn that AirTran had been operating in LGA, PHL, BOS and other places long before SWA got there.

So, I guess we could say that a few turds waltzed in the front door, too. :laugh:

 

[Tripower455]

Speaking of turds . . . A friend who transitioned to SWA last year related a pretty amusing story about a rather clueless SWA FO who was telling everyone at the table how AirTran pilots couldn't possibly be ready for the left seat at SWA . . . When pressed for a reason, he stated that " . . . SWA operated in the Northeast in winter, and they have to deal with deicing and things that the AirTran pilots weren't used to". :erm:

He was SHOCKED to learn that AirTran had been operating in LGA, PHL, BOS and other places long before SWA got there.

So, I guess we could say that a few turds waltzed in the front door, too. :laugh:

We have our 10% too. Unbelievable.