Kudos to SWAPA!!!

[ATLplt]

Malibu, I like your enthusiasm, but you're starting to sound like "Mastercraft" on APC. Your first post was on the "deal called off" thread, and you posted as if you were a SWA pilot:

Isn't swa AQUIRING airtran? What could you possibly need to negotiate with your company, as far as a transition agreement? Our transition agreement will allow our management to operate airtran, which is in violation of our cba. The RJs, red-eyes, stand-ups, etc, all things we don't do per our cba. That will be the point of a transition agreement.

BTW, the answer to the first question is...YES.

Now, you're an AirTran pilot? Something isn't adding up.

 

[27 driver]

Well who ever the azzhole is tell him to leave our family alone.

Don't worry he hasn't flown in years and probably can't pass a checkride. He is just a management stooge.

 

[texman]

Don't worry he hasn't flown in years and probably can't pass a checkride. He is just a management stooge.

Remember that video that came out with our head cheese of training? Well he is a great guy and leader. I just don't want some doosh bag mgt guy coming in from AT thinks he is going to win over our mgt. I will tell you all the former AT guy's have made personal phone calls to insure that people like him doesn't come here and try to belittle the SWA guys and our future brothers and sisters. What a idiot. Any who, I heard you guys at mco got some educational pieces that give you a better insight on SWA and our contract?

 

[27 driver]

Remember that video that came out with our head cheese of training? Well he is a great guy and leader. I just don't want some doosh bag mgt guy coming in from AT thinks he is going to win over our mgt. I will tell you all the former AT guy's have made personal phone calls to insure that people like him doesn't come here and try to belittle the SWA guys and our future brothers and sisters. What a idiot. Any who, I heard you guys at mco got some educational pieces that give you a better insight on SWA and our contract?

Unfortunately I could not make it. An as far as that guy coming over as management I would highly doubt it. Maybe a line pilot if he can get current again but that is unlikely.

 

[obadie]

Anyone know how many people showed up.

 

[carl p]

When it warms up, we'll probably get moved out of our ocean-front 4-star resort into a La Quinta.

Translated, La Quinta means "next to Denny's".

 

[CatfishVT9]

Wish I could have attended. I was primed to go when it was the 12th, but had to work on the 13th. I've had several conversations with with my SWA bretheren over the past few months and all were positive, except for one guy.......
Looking forward to working with you guys and S... canning our Crew Skeds department.

Dave VM is a pretty good guy, but he's the type that tends to say one sentence too many.

 

[SWA/FO]

Wouldn't Dave VM just go back to the line?

My Tranny buddy said "a lot of management types just bid into MCO in the last bid". Does this guy need to go back and re-learn how to fly again? Tori will teach him the way and a few good words along the way.

 

[dicko]

Wouldn't Dave VM just go back to the line?

My Tranny buddy said "a lot of management types just bid into MCO in the last bid". Does this guy need to go back and re-learn how to fly again? Tori will teach him the way and a few good words along the way.

I have finished stapling my lips together. I'm now gluing my fingers together so I can't type.

 

[Ty Webb]

I feel your pain. :laugh:

 

[SWA/FO]

How many hours a day does the Tranny airplanes fly? Anybody know?

 

[Ty Webb]

How many hours a day does the Tranny airplanes fly? Anybody know?

I was told at a recurrent that the 737 fleet averages 11 hours a day.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

I was told at a recurrent that the 737 fleet averages 11 hours a day.

That doesn't seem that high, especially if you do red eyes, Does it?
KBB

 

[Ty Webb]

That doesn't seem that high, especially if you do red eyes, Does it?
KBB

Dunno, I'm just a lowly 'yoke and throttle operator'

We do redeyes from LAX, LAS, SEA, SFO to a couple of destinations, so that's 40 or 50 hours divided over 55 airframes . . . . adds an hour a night, I guess.

 

[Lear70]

That doesn't seem that high, especially if you do red eyes, Does it?
KBB

Correct, which is what I mentioned a few weeks ago.

Our fleet is significantly underutilized when compared to how Southwest flies their aircraft. Our block hours per aircraft are at least 20% under Southwest's utilization.

That means, once we start flying our planes at Southwest's average block hours per day, we'll actually be understaffed and need to hire at least 200 people.

FWIW