SWA / Frontier Deal Off For Now!

[SWA2000]

Our union just sent this communication release:

Fellow Pilots,
Southwest Airlines made SWAPA aware of their intent to withdraw their bid to purchase Frontier Holdings if an agreement between SWAPA and FAPA could not be reached by midnight, EST on the 12th. Tonight SWAPA has reached an impasse with the Frontier Airline Pilots’ Association. Both parties have bargained all evening under a deadline for resolution for midnight (EST). At the deadline, neither party was willing to accept the other’s proposal. Southwest Airlines will petition the bankruptcy court for an extension on the Company’s final bid for Frontier tomorrow morning.
For the record, our standing position is to place all FAPA pilots at the bottom of the Southwest Master Pilot Seniority List and they remained committed to relative seniority integration; thus the impasse.
SWAPA Communications Committee




Unless the judge ok's the extension, looks like F9 will be intergrating a commuter airline.

 

[shearedshaft]

Nice work FAPA!

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Oh well, they will all have to interview anyway. Lessee, bottom of the corndog list or remain a Capt. for 6 more months until Republik goes BK and strips them down anyway. Does not take an idiot to figger that one out, but the MEC will have to improve quite a bit to qualify for idiot status.
PBR

 

[GOULET!]

Nice work FAPA!

No kidding. Don't worry, if Southwest doesn't save you the Republic scum will.

 

[DH2WN]

I never seen anyone turn down a winning lottery ticket. What morons!! Pay protection with staple was fair and equitable. I bet there were 550 F9 pilots willing to take that deal and 50 old ass captain refusing to be FOs again with a $50k pay raise not including raise in benefits.

 

[Fly-diver]

Great news for SWAPA! Good luck at Republic, F9.

 

[StaySeated]

Great news for SWAPA! Good luck at Republic, F9.

It isn't great news for Craig, your most junior member. This deal couls have guaranteed that he wasn't going to be furloughed, or any SWA FO for that matter.

40 new airframes.

A Denver domicile.

Growth instead of "right-sizing".

No furloughs for any current SWA pilot.

Hopefully the court will approve an extension and a mutually beneficial agreement can be hammered out. This really is a potential win/win scenario for all involved.

 

[DH2WN]

Proud of SWAPA. Not one F9 pilot deserves to be senior to one SWAPA pilot.


So where are all the naysayers?? "You have to integrate it the law." "SWA will do what they want and the pilots will be forced into arbitration." Blah..Blah..Blah.. Yes SWA doesn't suck like your airline.

 

[Fly-diver]

It isn't great news for Craig, your most junior member. This deal couls have guaranteed that he wasn't going to be furloughed, or any SWA FO for that matter.

40 new airframes.

A Denver domicile.

Growth instead of "right-sizing".

No furloughs for any current SWA pilot.

Hopefully the court will approve an extension and a mutually beneficial agreement can be hammered out. This really is a potential win/win scenario for all involved.

All of that is coming Craig's way. It always was, it will just take a little longer now. Mergers/Acquisitions are messy. Organic growth is a better way to go. Frontier is done, they just don't know it yet. Republic will see to that.

 

[FDJ2]

Our union just sent this communication release:

Southwest Airlines will petition the bankruptcy court for an extension on the Company’s final bid for Frontier tomorrow morning.

Could it be that SWA may proceed with or without a negotiated prenup on the seniority list? With SWA looking for an extension it might just be that SWA needs this acquisition more than some think.