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I don't think I ever said inferior. AAI less of a company probably so not the pilots themselves.
Well then even worse, do you really think the quality of some airlines management team should be a factor when merging pilot lists? A pilot is a pilot, the perception that " I worked for Herb!" should somehow factor into integration seems pretty silly to me.
And yes you were pretty aggressive with your attacks, you can't take that back.
I'm still waiting for someone to show me proof of these hundreds of AirTran pilots who had apps in at SWA. I've never believed it, and I never will, until I see some evidence. Just more SWAPA propaganda.
It's understandable if captains over there don't know- but the FO's at air tran know-
Propaganda?
How on earth did we get so many ex air tran pilots over here if nobody applied?
There are > 100
Your airline was still considered a stepping stone at the time of purchase
doesn't mean it was fair at all to the majority of SWA pilots who got literally nothing from this
But hey, go on "never believing" the propaganda that we were forwarded from our people department.
you didn't have an equal job and aren't entitled to relative or DOH or anything as close as you got.
And that's exactly why they don't want to prove their numbers. Because they know that the light of day will show that incredibly few AirTran pilots were actively seeking employment at SWA. Probably far more SWA pilots actively seeking employment at Delta today.
As for "proof" I can only go by what I've been told by folks in the GO, and by personal experience.
Remember, you're dealing with self-selection bias on this. Of course the few people who decided to leave are much happier at SWA than they were at AirTran. They left because they had individual reasons for wanting to leave and work at SWA that many hundreds of others did not have. Living in or close to a SWA domicile, preferring the SWA style of flying, whatever. People have different reasons for wanting to work different places.of them painted nearly as rosy a picture of day to day life at AT as the usual FI suspects do and were much happier here, well, at least until the acquisition announcement.
So if we bought Virgin or Allegiant you'd fight to offer them relative seniority??
The folks in the GO also told us that they had "500 people working on 'Plan B.'" If you believe that, I've got some great ocean front property in Kansas to sell you for a low, low price. No appraisals allowed, though. Sign on the dotted line right now.
Remember, you're dealing with self-selection bias on this. Of course the few people who decided to leave are much happier at SWA than they were at AirTran. They left because they had individual reasons for wanting to leave and work at SWA that many hundreds of others did not have. Living in or close to a SWA domicile, preferring the SWA style of flying, whatever. People have different reasons for wanting to work different places.
Their descriptions of life prior to the acquisition jibed with just about every other AT pilot I know or spoke to prior to it. The vast majority of the folks I ran into on the prison bus, in airports, on layovers, as well as several friends who work there felt the same way. I guess I just encountered the minority opinion..........
So if we bought Virgin or Allegiant you'd fight to offer them relative seniority??
He just another idiot like GL. Just ignore morons like him. Yes I do mean that. No I don't care to be nice.
I'm not sure what purpose this debate serves, but you can be certain that every time you try to tell us what a great deal this is for us, someone will serve it back at ya.
What do you care, anyway? You were lucky enough to not be impacted by it. If life is so great as a SWA CA, why don't you go enjoy it?
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