It may take SEVERAL years to get rid of Airtran 717s, article states

[Captain Fulough]

This message is hidden because On Your Six is on your ignore list.

It's about time you switched to OYS because no one else agrees with you anymore GL.

Let me guess...blah, blah, blah, arbitration, blah, blah, blah. Am I close?

Bye Bye Godspeed

 

[On Your Six]

My d!ck is bigger than yours because I make more money. No, mine is bigger than YOURS because I fly a bigger airplane. Geez. Get over yourselves. Why can't you just be happy with the company you're at and the job you do without trying to rub someone else's face in it?

This is all due to how the SWA guys acted after the AT announcement, and how poorly they currently treat those guys. Everyone thought they had the perfect culture, which has now been sullied. They are now the "Evil Empire" and many on here are watching to see what happens next. Their bad attitude started this, and will end it.


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[Wolf King]

If your next offer is as bad as the first, maybe they will. And I have talked at length with OYS, and he and I have a lot of the same views about how much fun this is watching SWA pilots squirm, especially after how cocky they are on this website. Fun times.

I can't wait to see you guys in ATL, although you may have to look quick to see me, I tend to fly to far away lands with only 1 leg per day, and then get to come home and see how much of a clusterfutch your merger is turning out to be. Anything awarded to the Airtran guys that is better than your first offer is a total WIN for them, and you may feel it. Have a fantastic day, I will.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Gl/oys,

You have been around for awhile, and nearly a decade ago your posts were well thought, informative, and respectable. I don't know what has happened since... You have an alter ego you converse with (your grammar, cadence, flow, and syntax are identical), you spout nonsense repetitively, and generally have lost whatever self respect you might have had.

We and our brothers at AT have some fist fights ahead, but after it is all over I expect we will shake each other's bloody hands, and then go out and kick tail in Atlanta and beyond. Do us both a favor, get lost and worry about yourself. Your attempts at irritating all involved only reveal your own insecurities. Better yet, why not log off and go out and get some exercise. Take your alter ego with you.

 

[General Lee]

Gl/oys,

You have been around for awhile, and nearly a decade ago your posts were well thought, informative, and respectable. I don't know what has happened since... You have an alter ego you converse with (your grammar, cadence, flow, and syntax are identical), you spout nonsense repetitively, and generally have lost whatever self respect you might have had.

We and our brothers at AT have some fist fights ahead, but after it is all over I expect we will shake each other's bloody hands, and then go out and kick tail in Atlanta and beyond. Do us both a favor, get lost and worry about yourself. Your attempts at irritating all involved only reveal your own insecurities. Better yet, why not log off and go out and get some exercise. Take your alter ego with you.

I am allowed to comment on whatever topic I want. The way you are treating your future brothers will NOT just go away, and it is appearing like your situation could mirror USAir's. How's that going for them these days? And SWA has already stated that ATL will downsize crews, and since you haven't been there in awhile, 20 min or even 30 min turns will really be a challenge for you at the World's busiest airport. You can try though, and paying those current AT ground employees double what they currently make may help, but those low fares may have to increase to help pay for that. Your LCC status is in question.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

This is all due to how the SWA guys acted after the AT announcement, and how poorly they currently treat those guys. Everyone thought they had the perfect culture, which has now been sullied. They are now the "Evil Empire" and many on here are watching to see what happens next. Their bad attitude started this, and will end it.


Godspeed!


OYS

Well stated OYS.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Wolf King]

I am allowed to comment on whatever topic I want. The way you are treating your future brothers will NOT just go away, and it is appearing like your situation could mirror USAir's. How's that going for them these days? And SWA has already stated that ATL will downsize crews, and since you haven't been there in awhile, 20 min or even 30 min turns will really be a challenge for you at the World's busiest airport. You can try though, and paying those current AT ground employees double what they currently make may help, but those low fares may have to increase to help pay for that. Your LCC status is in question.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Fair enough. One question: do you post as GL with your iPad and oys on the desktop,or vice versa? You must look like a deranged day trader to your significant other. I have a life outside work, and it ain't the computer. Godspeed and bye bye, see you in a few days, buddy!

 

[orangebellyav8r]

The way you are treating your future brothers will NOT just go away

The only brothers we have are the ones that get hired

 

[JonnyKnoxville]

Only a troll could read that article and spin it to the Airtran guys by saying don't worry, play hardball,your jobs are guaranteed safe and secure. Keep listening to OYS/General Lee......roll the dice......what could possibly go wrong?

Remember. Worst case scenario for some SWA guys...We lose some seniority.
Worst case scenario for most Air Tran guys...they lose a career.

GODSPEED!

Remember. Worst case scenario for SWA...They become the next US Airways.

 

[On Your Six]

The only brothers we have are the ones that get hired

Sounds like USair already. I think you need to tell that to a group of arbitrators. That would be humorous.



Godspeed to YOU!


OYS

 

[Rough67]

The only brothers we have are the ones that get hired

Sigh.. Unbelievable. I still think you guys need new employee numbers all around.. Wait until this toughguy is your sim partner one day.

 

[Freebrd]

OYS-Yo-Yo/JennyLeigh again, posting witin minutes of each character posting, even posting to herself and responding to herself, truly a PUTZ!

 

[Sacha]

Remember. Worst case scenario for SWA...They become the next US Airways.

You mistake SWA management for the Tiltons, Ron Allens, Parkers etc. of the world. For the past 40 years SWA has had a management team that has been profitable every year, good times and bad and never had to furlough. So you think they are now all of sudden going to be as stupid as Parker? Do you think they are going to alienate 4,000 original SWA pilots in order to keep 700 or 800 Airtran pilots happy? I don't think so. Do you think they are going to risk all they have worked for by just saying"well let's just let the arbitrator run our airline, it out of our hands"? I don't think so. Unlike all the other airlines over the last 20 or 30 years, there is not a revolving door in our Executive Suite every 2 to 4 years. These guys and gals have been at SWA most of their careers and they plan on staying there. That's the difference.

 

[On Your Six]

OYS-Yo-Yo/JennyLeigh again, posting witin minutes of each character posting, even posting to herself and responding to herself, truly a PUTZ!

How is Air Mekong doing anyway? When are you coming back to the States with your little tail between your bowed legs? Walmart will hire you as a stockboy on Sunday nights. What a bad idea for you to try that, but maybe you met your future husband out there.


Godspeed!


OYS

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

SWAPA pilots only fly SWA planes another wrinkle

I believe the contract that SWAPA has with SWA is that only SWAPA pilots get to fly SWA planes, what happens if the AT 737's are withdrawn from service and replaced with the new 700-800's(flown by SWAPA pilots) and then the old AT planes are repainted in the SWA colors - guess who gets to fly them then???? - furlough anyone!!!!!

 

[On Your Six]

You mistake SWA management for the Tiltons, Ron Allens, Parkers etc. of the world. For the past 40 years SWA has had a management team that has been profitable every year, good times and bad and never had to furlough. So you think they are now all of sudden going to be as stupid as Parker? Do you think they are going to alienate 4,000 original SWA pilots in order to keep 700 or 800 Airtran pilots happy? I don't think so. Do you think they are going to risk all they have worked for by just saying"well let's just let the arbitrator run our airline, it out of our hands"? I don't think so. Unlike all the other airlines over the last 20 or 30 years, there is not a revolving door in our Executive Suite every 2 to 4 years. These guys and gals have been at SWA most of their careers and they plan on staying there. That's the difference.

Sasha,

Your problem is that SWA hasn't had a large merger or acquisition since the Bond/McKaskil bill was enacted, which limits what one company can do to another company's employee group. It also appears that GK might have thought, along with SWAPA, that the integration between the groups would have been easier, by maybe throwing money at the other group. Maybe ALPA knew the weakness, and exploited it? You also seem to forget easily that some of the integration in other departments is already complete, and that negotiations for the other groups may be completed soon, besides the pilot group. Then your boss and SWAPA signed the Process Agreement, which is a legal document explaining the path you MUST take. So, in otherwords, you may be F'd. Haha!


Godspeed to you!


OYS