Then why waste transition language on it if you feel so strongly about it?
Your going to have to LIVE it to believe me. The last guy on our list probably feels more secure then a dude 500 up on UALs (insert any airline here) list.[/QUOTE]
Actually, the guy 500 numbers up on our list is close to a third of the way up. You'd have to ask him if he feels more secure or not. I'd have to believe that he'd rather be a third of the way up our list than the bottom of your list.
[/QUOTE]Please Stop sounding like an idiot. YOU WANT SWAPA's CONTRACT. SWAPA got that for its members. It didn't come free, it wasn't a handout from Southwest. We spent millions on our section ONE alone. This very section that is protecting us (SWAPA) Pilots. We got rid of Skywest, right? Southwest, GK can't even paint the airplanes without our agreement. They were in violation of our contract by having an Air Tran sticker on the nose of our airplane on May 2. This is a great contract.[/QUOTE]
Yelling at me in all caps doesn't make me understand it any better. I don't have to have SWAPA's contract, don't tell me I want it. I KNOW IT'S NOT WORTH GIVING UP SIGNIFICANT RELATIVE SENIORITY FOR. Does the caps help enforce the point?
[/QUOTE]There is tons of mutual respect between SWA and SWAPA. This will benefit you. Why don't you all just give in a bit and say "I want to be a SWAPA Pilot" it would really go a long way.[/QUOTE]
There in lies the problem, "a bit" has a very different connotation between groups. I'm sure "a bit" is much smaller to me than it is to you. Kind of like a marshaller with his wands 3" from each other for 3'. That's a long 3"

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[/QUOTE]Claiming that SWAPA had nothing to do with where we are now it just a huge slap in the face and I find it insulting, which makes me want to insult you further.... then I grind my teeth at night and its not good.
All I am saying is, this is not a done deal. You guys (we are driving this thing) have a lot to lose. Don't over play your hand. :beer:[/QUOTE]
If it wasn't for your mgmt, it wouldn't matter what the letters stood for in the acronym of your union because you'd be in the same boat as the rest of us, period, end of story. I'm confident in my MC and not concerned in the least about overplaying our hand. I'm not losing any sleep at night.[/QUOTE]
lUV,
I have to say this. Do you know who started SWAPA, or requested it to happen? Do you know who helped the company make money in relationship to trip rigs and what person got fired from that (in mgt). Do you understand the sacrifice the 3 and 4 digits guy's made to make this airline what it is today? You don't know the working relationship we have with mgt? It is tight brother. I worry about your personality. the reason why is because I smell kiss azz. Thats not how we roll at SWA. We work as a team.
WE work together! Trust me. It's called success sharing.