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[Whine Lover]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]"...Including its AirTran Airways subsidiary...."


[/FONT]1sub·sid·i·ary

adj \səb-ˈsi-dē-ˌer-ē, -ˈsi-də-rē\
Definition of SUBSIDIARY

1
a : furnishing aid or support

b : of secondary importance


ONE LUV, Baby, ONE LUV.


Seriously.

 

[CaptWidgeon]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]"...Including its AirTran Airways subsidiary...."


[/FONT]1sub·sid·i·ary

adj \səb-ˈsi-dē-ˌer-ē, -ˈsi-də-rē\
Definition of SUBSIDIARY

1
a : furnishing aid or support

b : of secondary importance


ONE LUV, Baby, ONE LUV.


Seriously.

are you really holding the company accountable for something the media publishes about business? i'm not defending the company per se, but how often does the media f' up info about our industry? i know how bad they screw up airline industry info so i'm inclined to believe they screw up other industry's info also.

 

[pilotyip]

SWA is under a lot of pressure to maintain profitability.

 

[Bake]

Whether or not the above posts hold any truth to SWA is debateable. However, none of them have to do why SWA wants to outsource the ground ops jobs. They only want to do it in places where they have very few flights per week. It does not make sense to have full time personnel in place when they are only needed at certain times. Now, I believe that lets the camel's nose under the tent so I wouldn't like it either.

 

[humveedriver]

Whether or not the above posts hold any truth to SWA is debateable. However, none of them have to do why SWA wants to outsource the ground ops jobs. They only want to do it in places where they have very few flights per week. It does not make sense to have full time personnel in place when they are only needed at certain times. Now, I believe that lets the camel's nose under the tent so I wouldn't like it either.

I agree Bake. It will be sold one way and implemented another way. Our west coast operations started out as seasonal, but when we went year round, the contract staff stayed. AT likely choose that route to avoid California employment laws and because while staffing would be year round, the number of flights would still vary greatly over the year. It can work, but there would have to be caps. Uhhh, sorta like scope...

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

These are WN employees protesting. Are they protesting because some of the smaller AT cities will be outsourced (ala FNT where ground personel have been told they will be outsourced), or will WN be outsourcing their own cities as well? Is this like SWAPA forcing WN mgmt to get rid of the FL RJ operation? In both cases, I'd support the employees wanting to keep all work in-house.

 

[no1pilot2000]

What is the hourly pay rate for a Southwest Airlines Ramp agent, Customer service agent, and provisioning agent? Don't factor in all the overtime this folks make.

 

[vixin]

They agreed to it on their last contract. Anything less then 8 or 12 flights per day can be outsourced.

 

[737tanker]

They agreed to it on their last contract. Anything less then 8 or 12 flights per day can be outsourced.

The outsourcing is only for new cities. All SWA cities at the time that the contract was signed were grandfathered, no matter how few flights that they had.

 

[Linedriver]

Whether or not the above posts hold any truth to SWA is debateable. However, none of them have to do why SWA wants to outsource the ground ops jobs. They only want to do it in places where they have very few flights per week. It does not make sense to have full time personnel in place when they are only needed at certain times. Now, I believe that lets the camel's nose under the tent so I wouldn't like it either.

I didn't hear anything and even forgot my name after I saw your avatar!!