SWA to speed up Airtran integration.....article

[scoreboardII]

Interesting, thanks for the info. Hard to get sometimes, depending on what we ask for and how busy they are.

It would have to be an experiment run once most of (if not all of) our people are there and reserves are inflated to see how much of the dropped trips gets picked up and the company doesn't have to utilize reserves to cover.

If the experiment goes well, they might maintain it while the staffing equalizes until they start seeing an unacceptably-high use of reserves, then decide how to keep it, if at all.

I think they'd be surprised how much sick time would decrease if people could just straight drop their trips and pick up pieces of stuff here and there on other days to get the time back.

Things that make you go "hmmmm". At least we're not flinging poo today (mostly).

This could work, but again, SWA only gives, if we give up money. There has never been a "gee, this wouldn't cost anything so we'll do it for free moment in swa scheduling...

Hangover, must be nice

 

[Bake]

Wow, good to see you guys getting along and being productive. There for a second I wasn't sure this was flight info. I will get this thread back on track for ya, You all can kiss my fat butt. :beer:

 

[redflyer65]

How about hers, instead of yours? Would make for a nice New Year start!

 

[Lear70]

I'm with Red...

How ya been, Bake? Happy New Year to ya!

 

[Bake]

Happy new year fellers. I'm good, but have really been worried about all of you. Well, not really. Just happy to see you guys trying to work on the solvable problems instead of the ones that just piss everyone off at each other. Reminds me of congress. I think we are all better than those losers. Amen

 

[scoreboardII]

Bake, the only butt I'll kiss is the one in your avatar, is that you?

 

[jonjuan]

Bake, the only butt I'll kiss is the one in your avatar, is that you?

Yep-his/her name is Thailand Tommy. imp: just ignore the apple.

 

[SWA717]

yep-his/her name is thailand tommy. imp: Just ignore the apple.

lmao!!!!!

 

[MILPILOT17]

Hope the junior trannies are saving some money. I feel some pain being dished out very soon! Good luck to all as we're going to need it!

 

[Lear70]

Hope the junior trannies are saving some money. I feel some pain being dished out very soon! Good luck to all as we're going to need it!

And just when it was getting friendly again... :erm:

 

[Lost]

So, let me see if I can hone in on this new "feeling" you've just had. The junior Air Tran guys need to save money because you FEEL some pain being dished out soon. Do me a favor and don't post crap like this on here. My wife is six months pregnant, I'm already on edge with all that has gone down, so I don't need another jackoff running around spreading more rumors of job loss. While this abortion of a merger is entertaining for some of you to watch, keep in mind there are real people's lives and families involved here.

 

[Lear70]

The truth is that we have a no-furlough clause which can only be breached if the company experiences "Extreme Economic Hardship".

It's awfully difficult to convince a judge that you're experiencing Extreme Economic Hardship when you're posting quarterly and yearly profits, a LOT of which comes from the AirTran side of the partition with lower costs and higher ancillary revenue, and that's the first thing we'd do with any WARN notices that came out - file immediately in D.C. for an injunction based on the no-furlough clause without proof that the "Extreme Economic Hardship" point had been triggered.

There simply isn't a reason to do it. Are we overstaffed? Of course, everyone knows that. Can they use that to bring on furloughs arbitrarily when the company is profitable? No.

So yeah, I call bullsh*t. Perhaps the poster is just repeating crew room gossip, as there certainly has been NO indication from management that they are moving in that direction, and for CERTAIN there's NO reason to put it on here and mess with people's happy place, unless they're just pot-stirring.

The Flight Attendants, on the other hand, are in a different position. Their no-furlough clause is a LOT more loosely-worded, and with them not taking a proportionate number of F/A's over with the planes coming out of MCO this month and next month and again in July/August, it's unclear what's going on with them... But again, for us, our wording is pretty clearly tied to economic company performance and we're all doing just fine.

Remain calm, party on, and practice that Lamaz! (sp?)

 

[Full of LUV]

So, let me see if I can hone in on this new "feeling" you've just had. The junior Air Tran guys need to save money because you FEEL some pain being dished out soon. Do me a favor and don't post crap like this on here. My wife is six months pregnant, I'm already on edge with all that has gone down, so I don't need another jackoff running around spreading more rumors of job loss. While this abortion of a merger is entertaining for some of you to watch, keep in mind there are real people's lives and families involved here.

Six months pregnant.... you know how that happens right?? I do believe that event took place post merger announcement. Best of luck to all though, I was furloughed once with my wife pregnant with twins!!!! Courtesy 9/11 though, so I had no advance warning.... in fact I even had a "no furlough clause" to rely on... I have a feeling that you'll be just fine, so there, my feeling cancels out his bad feeling!
Happy New Year,
LUV

 

[Lost]

Yeah, well, turns out is doesn't just happen. You don't really know our situation or how long we were trying. It was LONG before the announcement. Tell your wife lets wait 5 more years and let this thing smooth out. That would go over like a fart in church.

 

[DougCorp-9]

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