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Executive Blog - March 10, 2011
From your president, Steve Chase
Good Afternoon SWAPA Pilots,
I want to give you a quick update after a busy week at the SWAPA offices. Your Negotiating Committee is preparing to meet with the Company in Dallas next week as well as scheduled meetings in Washington D.C. with our legal counsel. As more information becomes available we will be sure to pass it along.
Last week ALPA and SWAPA jointly announced we had reached consensus and had drafted a mutually beneficial Process Agreement for the SLI talks going forward, which we gladly did. However, late yesterday through an ALPA Communication to their membership, SWAPA learned that ALPA’s Legal Counsel is now expressing “concerns” over portions of the language inserted within the Process Agreement. Ironically, the very language for which ALPA is now expressing concern is the same language that they themselves inserted within the Process Agreement back in December.
As a result, a Process Agreement has not been finalized, further extending a long and cumbersome progression of combining the two pilot groups. That being said, your Negotiating Committee maintains its willingness to negotiate with ALPA in good faith to finalize a Process Agreement that will control the structure and timeline of the SLI talks going forward.
Throughout this process, I am appreciative of your support and your personal restraint. This truly is a marathon and we are months away from much to report. When we have more information to pass along, we will.
Finally, I am sure you have all seen the news that the Company has started to take applications for First Officer positions. If you have anyone in mind that you think would make a good addition to our pilot group please send them to the following link to get their name in the hat. Applications are being accepted until the end of the day on March 23.
SWA Pilot Application
Fly Safe,
Steve
From your president, Steve Chase
Good Afternoon SWAPA Pilots,
I want to give you a quick update after a busy week at the SWAPA offices. Your Negotiating Committee is preparing to meet with the Company in Dallas next week as well as scheduled meetings in Washington D.C. with our legal counsel. As more information becomes available we will be sure to pass it along.
Last week ALPA and SWAPA jointly announced we had reached consensus and had drafted a mutually beneficial Process Agreement for the SLI talks going forward, which we gladly did. However, late yesterday through an ALPA Communication to their membership, SWAPA learned that ALPA’s Legal Counsel is now expressing “concerns” over portions of the language inserted within the Process Agreement. Ironically, the very language for which ALPA is now expressing concern is the same language that they themselves inserted within the Process Agreement back in December.
As a result, a Process Agreement has not been finalized, further extending a long and cumbersome progression of combining the two pilot groups. That being said, your Negotiating Committee maintains its willingness to negotiate with ALPA in good faith to finalize a Process Agreement that will control the structure and timeline of the SLI talks going forward.
Throughout this process, I am appreciative of your support and your personal restraint. This truly is a marathon and we are months away from much to report. When we have more information to pass along, we will.
Finally, I am sure you have all seen the news that the Company has started to take applications for First Officer positions. If you have anyone in mind that you think would make a good addition to our pilot group please send them to the following link to get their name in the hat. Applications are being accepted until the end of the day on March 23.
SWA Pilot Application
Fly Safe,
Steve
