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Evidently Gary Kelly does, as does the Southwest BoD, not to mention the majority of your pilots I've run into on the jumpseats the last month don't seem to be quite as hostile about the acquisition as some on this board, so I'm guessing your view MIGHT be in the minority.Here's some non-moderator input. We don't want you. Any questions?
This will not fall through. The guys with the money do not want it to fall through. You will negotiate a list or you will get an arbitrated list. Lots of you, from both sides, will not like the list.
just wondering if(hypothetically speaking of course) a few years after total integration WN makes a play for JB if Lear, TY, Kharma and the other ex-AAI bubbas will be pushing for relative seniority for the JB pilots because they say it is the right thing to do. of course by then the citrus green glasses they currently look through will be tinted canyon blue and the JB guys will have to be stapled or worst case DOH.
The AI pilots on this forum have been pushing relative seniority. It's gone over like a lead balloon since SWA pilots won't get the pay bump the AI pilots will get and will lose expected internal seniority improvements.What will you lose with this deal?
The AI pilots on this forum have been pushing relative seniority. It's gone over like a lead balloon since SWA pilots won't get the pay bump the AI pilots will get and will lose expected internal seniority improvements.
We've been waiting for a huge number of 60+ pilots to retire. 500 may not seem like a lot to some. However, that's 20-25% of the pilots on the seniority list above junior captains. It's enough to upgrade 20% of the SWA FOs.
Also, SWA pilots have been waiting expectantly for ramped up internal growth--which has always come with an improved economy. The internal growth, combined with retirements, would help out every SWA pilot. Alas, the aquisition of Airtran replaces that expected internal growth. There's too much for SWA to focus on and a huge amount of capital sunk into the purchase of AAI. Hence, it's another loss of upward growth for pilots even though it will be good for stockholders and the financial health of the company.
Since I gave a sincere honest answer, I have a sincere question for you "SWA bubbas". What will you lose with this deal? I know you guys don't think you will gain anything but what will the negative impact be for you and your career?
In all sincerity, Kharma, I think the thing that most SWA guys have a problem with is the insistence by AAI guys that it would be "fair and equitable" to integrate you guys into our list in a way in which guys hired at AirTran later than guys hired at SWA had more seniority. Nothing could be more unfair or more non-equitable, imho.
Obviously, I don't have a dog in this fight. But it seems that what you're addressing is the difference between seniority (for seat position) and longevity. I'd think that a JCBA would have to address this issue before a SLI could take place.
if there is a negotiated/arbitrated decision that awards a single AAI guy better seniority than DoH, then imho fairness and equality will not have been achieved.
Fraternally,
PapaWoody
...if they can't find a suitable solution (and judging from this board, that looks likely) let neutral arbitrators handle it.
Regds,
Ty
And in my opinion, if one AirTran CA were to lose his seat to a SWA FO (the textbook example of a windfall ...