Southwest breaks ground

[scoreboardII]

Tell it to your own Tom Winsor. From what I hear, this was part of his testimony at the DRC arbitration:

Attorney: Is it not true that the Southwest pilots would have been thrilled if the AirTran pilots wouldn't have been integrated?

Winsor: Oh yeah! Probably so.

Save your sanctimony about not wishing ill on other pilot groups. The SWA pilots and their "union" have done nothing but wish ill on us since this whole process started.

And you would have been thrilled if you got relative, so what.

 

[scoreboardII]

You'll just have to trust me on this one. It was said.



Not that I agree with your premise, but our negotiators never asked for relative.



Agreed, but that wasn't his testimony. His testimony was about "plan B" and non-integration after the purchase had already happened. It wasn't about not being bought in the first place.

There was no plan B for the company, it was either everyone vote yes, or move to arbitration and continue. Plan B was a wet dream of childish no voting SWA pilots which had no basis in fact, GK was going to get one airline with everyone onboard.

 

[PCL_128]

There was no plan B for the company, it was either everyone vote yes, or move to arbitration and continue. Plan B was a wet dream of childish no voting SWA pilots which had no basis in fact, GK was going to get one airline with everyone onboard.

I agree. But I'm in the minority on that one over here.

 

[PCL_128]

And you would have been thrilled if you got relative, so what.

Relative wouldn't have harmed you in any significant way, so the comparison is not valid.

 

[madjack]

No ill will, I wish all AAI pilots got jobs at SWA, just wish they were all stapled, I also wish I didn't have to work...

 

[HowardBorden]

Relative wouldn't have harmed you in any significant way, so the comparison is not valid.

Absolute rubbish and you know it. As has been stated ad nauseam, the AirTran group is much younger than the SWA group. You know that placing younger pilots on the seniority list in front of you causes much harm. You simply try and laugh it off and state that arbiters don't care what happens down the road and are only concerned with the present. It is as ridiculous a presumption as most of your posts concerning your all knowing wisdom about how arbiters will rule on any and all things.

 

[PCL_128]

Absolute rubbish and you know it. As has been stated ad nauseam, the AirTran group is much younger than the SWA group. You know that placing younger pilots on the seniority list in front of you causes much harm. You simply try and laugh it off and state that arbiters don't care what happens down the road and are only concerned with the present. It is as ridiculous a presumption as most of your posts concerning your all knowing wisdom about how arbiters will rule on any and all things.

My "wisdom" starts with knowing that the word is arbitrator, not arbiter. Once you've gotten that part down, get back to me.

 

[HowardBorden]

My "wisdom" starts with knowing that the word is arbitrator, not arbiter. Once you've gotten that part down, get back to me.

Talk to me when you get a real vocabulary.

ar-bi-ter n.
1. One chosen or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue; an arbitrator.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/arbiter

 

[HowardBorden]

Maybe college could help?

 

[humveedriver]

Completely false, and you know it. As I pointed out in the longer thread on this topic 6 or 8 months ago. The FAA is perfectly within its right to decline to open a second FIS in a certain municipality. Denver was the example. Houston's mayor wanted it, so the FAA went along. If CAL was still around, or even more correctly, if it was another airline other than SWA, this wouldn't be happening. CAL did nothing that was not above board. We participated thoroughly in all manner of civic and political support.

Curious. Midway has two city controlled international gates. Porter uses them as does AirTran to CUN. Why no freak out with O'hare? Same two airlines, same size airports to compare. I see more international service in the future out Midway as well. Maybe even going north.