Apparently my post was somewhat inflamatory. that was not my intention. I am sorry for that.
There really is only one question that needs to be answered. Are you better at ATA today than you would be at SWA tomorrow regardless of seat?
C. The days of pay protection (CA pay for FO work) are probably long gone.
I don't believe that to be true. If SWA was to aquire ATA, you can believe that SWAPA would fight to pay protect you guys at a minimum. We obviously are going to fight for seniorty, as you guys will, but in the end we will all be SWA employees. We don't want a USAIR dogfight. There is no need.
We don't need to "pull it out" and measure W2's, but I would bet that most 3 yr F/O's made ATA capt pay. That isn't a slam, just a point to consider and I would bet our management would be amenable to pay protection to keep folks happy considering it isn't a major disruption on Flight Crew pay per pilot.
Again, I didn't mean to offend anyone with my original post, just passing on what I heard. Which of course is nothing more than rumor. Take it for what its worth.
There really is only one question that needs to be answered. Are you better at ATA today than you would be at SWA tomorrow regardless of seat?
C. The days of pay protection (CA pay for FO work) are probably long gone.
I don't believe that to be true. If SWA was to aquire ATA, you can believe that SWAPA would fight to pay protect you guys at a minimum. We obviously are going to fight for seniorty, as you guys will, but in the end we will all be SWA employees. We don't want a USAIR dogfight. There is no need.
We don't need to "pull it out" and measure W2's, but I would bet that most 3 yr F/O's made ATA capt pay. That isn't a slam, just a point to consider and I would bet our management would be amenable to pay protection to keep folks happy considering it isn't a major disruption on Flight Crew pay per pilot.
Again, I didn't mean to offend anyone with my original post, just passing on what I heard. Which of course is nothing more than rumor. Take it for what its worth.