AirTran pilots will own the SW upgrades

[scoreboardII]

It's na?ve to even begin to think SWAPA or any SWA pilot had a desire to harm any AT pilots. It's called business, we either pull together now that it's "done", or we get rolled over from here to eternity by management.

This is exactly what Randy ********************ing Babbitt is hoping for.

 

[Clyde Frog]

I like having my job threatened by my new employer as much as I like having my new union look down their nose at me. I like being told I "won the lottery". These things make me want to be a team player and really embrace that warrior spirit.

Any SW pilot who bitches about losing seniority is insane. How many of our pilots were stapled below you....STAPLED. What would make you happy, having stapled all of us?

This resentment is never going away for a whole lot of us and that's squarely SWAPA.

 

[HowardBorden]

Freightdog's opinion is not at all uncommon among the disenfranchised AirTran pilots, myself included. You can't piss all over a select group and expect any allegiance whatsoever.

To expect even a bit of locality at this point would be ridiculous.

Not asking for allegiance or loyalty, only to act in your own best interest.

What seems to be so inexplicably lost is the fact that all our fates are irrevocably intertwined at this point.

By all means feel free to be upset, peeved, or pitch a tantrum for all I care, the only thing I ask is when it comes time to cast a ballot you look out for your own best interest which in turn will be looking out for mine whether any of us likes it or not.

 

[waveflyer]

I like having my job threatened by my new employer as much as I like having my new union look down their nose at me. I like being told I "won the lottery". These things make me want to be a team player and really embrace that warrior spirit.

Any SW pilot who bitches about losing seniority is insane. How many of our pilots were stapled below you....STAPLED. What would make you happy, having stapled all of us?

This resentment is never going away for a whole lot of us and that's squarely SWAPA.

Good
You're senior to me-
You'll either medical out or get fired.

I firmly believe that it doesn't matter what I "wanted" anymore and it hasn't for years

 

[waveflyer]

Well said Howie

 

[ATLplt]

Well, there's been at least 5 Trannies that got fired while IN training. Couldn't make it through the FO program. Now 5 isn't a large number, but still a head scratcher.

5 guys? 5 out of 1000 on a study on your own, learn the 737 via apps you've bought off iTunes and an AOM that tells you NOTHING about systems? I'd think that's an amazing accomplishment. This is hardly an FO program. You're getting a full type sitting in the left and right seat for portions of your ride...minus the 2-3 weeks of systems (CBT's) you get in OAL type programs. Not to mention, the days of "what's your favorite limitation?" are over. Most type orals lately are 2 hours plus per person. Southwest has one of the worst training programs for people that know nothing about a 737, yet 99.9 percent have made it through.

 

[freightdogfred]

A change from 32% down to 66%?

I wish I could claim the opposite gain of 66% up to 32%! But unfortunately nobody can. You got bought by a carrier FIVE times your size. To think you would keep something close to relative seniority is not based in reality. Sorry.

I wish you could too. But you did gain something. All SW pilots did. And as much as wavey likes to claim he got nuttin outta this deal, he did. More seniority, plain and simple. I keep hearing on here that "GK's not done yet" on acquiring another carrier. I doubt the next group's gonna want to sit down and eat pizza after watching the way this went down. My .02 cents anyways

 

[waveflyer]

Yawn...

 

[SWA Bubba]

I like having my job threatened by my new employer as much as I like having my new union look down their nose at me. I like being told I "won the lottery". These things make me want to be a team player and really embrace that warrior spirit.

Any SW pilot who bitches about losing seniority is insane. How many of our pilots were stapled below you....STAPLED. What would make you happy, having stapled all of us?

This resentment is never going away for a whole lot of us and that's squarely SWAPA.

Well, there you go.

That's a great plan you got there, Clyde: act like a petulant child for the rest of your career, regardless of how it affects you and your bottom line. How old are you again?

Bubba

 

[Kermit_D_Frog]

Hey, Clyde. Make sure you keep it up while in training. I'd like to see it at at least 6. Shouldn't be too tough for you to get the boot with your great attitude and maturity.