Selection Process

[737lj]

Has Southwest Airlines ever acquired employees through an acquisition without interviewing the employees first?

 

[SWA/FO]

Never! Unless you count Morris Air.

 

[GuppyWN]

Or Muse.

 

[RT8VA]

so I guess the answer is yes

 

[Kharma Police]

He is either asking a rhetorical question to make some sort of point or he is ignorant of the history of his own airline.

 

[slaquer5]

He is either asking a rhetorical question to make some sort of point or he is ignorant of the history of his own airline.

I am going to have to agree with KP. He either does not work at SWA or lives under a rock.


I guess his second part of his question could be what types of AC does SWA fly besides 737s

 

[Captain Morgan]

Ooohh I know this! 717's!

 

[HalinTexas]

They also bought the ATA operating certificate in BK court to get the LGA and DCA slots/gates. The cert. was surrendered to the FAA. and no employees were taken.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

They also bought the ATA operating certificate in BK court to get the LGA and DCA slots/gates. The cert. was surrendered to the FAA. and no employees were taken.

DCA slots were sold to Air Tran before the selling of Certificate, along with the gates in CLT (along with a couple of other cities I believe!)

Kbb

 

[Skybus]

We did NOT take the Muse Pilots. As a "youngish", "foolish" group representing by a foolish leadership, decided they were going to play hardball and hold out for a "better" deal once we purchased them. Did'nt work out too well for them. We ultimately did hire a few of them in subsequent years at which time they happily joined the bottom of the list and had (most gone now) great and financially rewarding careers. The others.... Guess that ALPA type mentality didn't serve them well.

Hopefully some can learn from others mistakes.

BUS

 

[get2flyin]

We did NOT take the Muse Pilots. As a "youngish", "foolish" group representing by a foolish leadership, decided they were going to play hardball and hold out for a "better" deal once we purchased them. Did'nt work out too well for them. We ultimately did hire a few of them in subsequent years at which time they happily joined the bottom of the list and had (most gone now) great and financially rewarding careers. The others.... Guess that ALPA type mentality didn't serve them well.

Hopefully some can learn from others mistakes.

BUS

Your arrogance mind numbing. Why isn't being at the top of the current heap enough for you? What possible benefit do you derive from rubbing other people's nose in it? While I sincerely hope you never see things from the other side, being part of "them" and not "we" for a little while would probably do you some good. Before you fire back some witty retort, I don't work for Airtran nor have I ever had a particular desire to work for SWA although I do think it is a a truly outstanding company.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Interview'em and stick'em to the bottom of the list. Its just not fair to the hard working pilots who made SWA what it is. You AT guys need to be more humble. Actually, SWA should do a LOT of triming before stapling these unknowns. Interviewing sounds like a prudent idea to me. Of course, this sounds biased on the other side of the fence, but its not. The ball just aint in your court. Thats life. I really dont know where all this preferential entitlement comes from.

 

[Kharma Police]

Interview'em and stick'em to the bottom of the list. Its just not fair to the hard working pilots who made SWA what it is. You AT guys need to be more humble. Actually, SWA should do a LOT of triming before stapling these unknowns. Interviewing sounds like a prudent idea to me. Of course, this sounds biased on the other side of the fence, but its not. The ball just aint in your court. Thats life. I really dont know where all this preferential entitlement comes from.

Life isn't fair.

 

[GhettoBeechjet]

Interview'em and stick'em to the bottom of the list. Its just not fair to the hard working pilots who made SWA what it is. You AT guys need to be more humble. Actually, SWA should do a LOT of triming before stapling these unknowns. Interviewing sounds like a prudent idea to me. Of course, this sounds biased on the other side of the fence, but its not. The ball just aint in your court. Thats life. I really dont know where all this preferential entitlement comes from.

It comes from a legal right to arbitration and the fact that GK said he intends to operationally merge the companys. Past arbitraton results seem to favor the pilots with the weaker contract. It seems arbitrators don't define fair and equitable the same way most pilots do. It is what it is and it will only cost me about $500,000 in lost income.