No, AirTran spent 5.5 years in negotiations with the pathetic NPA, and had a contract after only 1.5 years with ALPA, even though ALPA started from scratch. But nice try.
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No, AirTran spent 5.5 years in negotiations with the pathetic NPA, and had a contract after only 1.5 years with ALPA, even though ALPA started from scratch. But nice try.
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The NPA was pathetic, but don't kid yourself, ALPA was the lesser of 2 evils. You'd be hard pressed to find an ALPA "fan" online at Airtran. As for the negotiating timeline, nothing occurs in a vacuum - so the 1.5 year timeline argument is, well, naive.
I would think that the guy with "We Are ALPA" as an avatar might qualify as a "fan." Or did you mean, besides him?
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I was talking about actual line-pilots, so ... I meant besides him.
He said online. PNCL is on reserve.
Reserve at AirTran is a zone of self discovery when you discover what you would do if you didn't have to work. Some of us do side gigs, parenting, hobbies, etc. Others of us talk about ALPA. Which brings us to the disconnect. If you do hobbies, parenting, and side gigs you think a 50K raise to do the same job is a good deal. If you talk about ALPA all day you think numbers on a list, fighting the man, and commuting are more important than simply living at home and making more money.
Once you wrap your head around that, you understand the whole merger.
On a side note. Did SWAPA and SWA Forrest Gump their way into a huge competitive advantage? You aren't tethered to regionals that can't find pilots and you hired in such a way that age 65 isn't an issue.
I don't know how important that regional feed is but I'm guessing it matters somewhere on the spreadsheet.
Reserve at AirTran is a zone of self discovery when you discover what you would do if you didn't have to work. Some of us do side gigs, parenting, hobbies, etc. Others of us talk about ALPA. Which brings us to the disconnect. If you do hobbies, parenting, and side gigs you think a 50K raise to do the same job is a good deal. If you talk about ALPA all day you think numbers on a list, fighting the man, and commuting are more important than simply living at home and making more money.
Once you wrap your head around that, you understand the whole merger.
On a side note. Did SWAPA and SWA Forrest Gump their way into a huge competitive advantage? You aren't tethered to regionals that can't find pilots and you hired in such a way that age 65 isn't an issue.
I don't know how important that regional feed is but I'm guessing it matters somewhere on the spreadsheet.
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