Question for AirTran Pilots

[redflyer65]

F9 was a complete farce. Southwest was not growing for over 2 years and saving cash everyday to make the purchase of Airtran, those are the facts.

 

[Flyarcticcat]

So back to the orginal question? How many pilots has Airtran hired since Sept 27th? How many more scheduled for the rest of the year and the following six months?

 

[Muppets]

F9 was a complete farce. Southwest was not growing for over 2 years and saving cash everyday to make the purchase of Airtran, those are the facts.

Thanks for the facts Mr. Kelly. You are a line pilot and you manage the company and deal with the corporate books! Wow! You SWA guys are the coolest.

 

[redflyer65]

I state the facts and you want to jump into some smack down? Nice.

F9 was a look at the books. Hindsight is 20/20 and it all makes sense now.

 

[DonVerita]

AirTran has about 30 guys on furlough.
SWA is running 9 classes in the 1st quarter. As someone previously said, we havent ran a class in awhile due to the fact we were saving our cash to buy some gates in ATL.

AirTran has ZERO pilots on furlough. All furloughees were recalled months ago...way before the SWA merger was announced.

We did have a few pilots who voluntarily bypassed furlough recall. Once you bypass furlough recall, you are no longer considered to be on furlough even though you have recall rights. However, those recall rights are not indefinate.

 

[RIDETHELIGHTING]

We have nobody on furlough. Some took a bypass, because they have other jobs.

 

[Flyarcticcat]

So back to the orginal question? How many pilots has Airtran hired since Sept 27th? How many more scheduled for the rest of the year and the following six months?

Anyone??

 

[Cometman]

AirTran has ZERO pilots on furlough. All furloughees were recalled months ago...way before the SWA merger was announced.

We did have a few pilots who voluntarily bypassed furlough recall. Once you bypass furlough recall, you are no longer considered to be on furlough even though you have recall rights. However, those recall rights are not indefinate.

If you are not considered on furlough can you come back to work when ever you want or do you have to wait for another recall? If you cannot come back to work whenever you want then what do you call it?

 

[Muppets]

I state the facts and you want to jump into some smack down? Nice.

F9 was a look at the books. Hindsight is 20/20 and it all makes sense now.

Did you get a look at the books? What did they look like? They must have been bad if you guys bailed on the F9 deal. How were the meetings between management? Did you guys have shrimp cocktail at lunch? Did you and the other managers fly a corp. jet or mainline? Man...there are so many questions you guys can answer.........cant wait to work with ya!

 

[Sy-bill]

To the best of my recollection Republic increased their offer 30 million in the 11th hour so the bankruptcy judge awarded Republic the bid.

The pilots talked but any agreement wouldn't have made any difference. The judge responsibly awarded the airline to the highest bid.