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Old 04-15-2021, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Lewbronski
Heard on the jetway: the quicker we agree to a sub-industry standard contract, the quicker the company can grow.
Yea, grow their wallets and smiles.
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Old 04-15-2021, 08:37 AM
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Something to ponder. Swapa wants to restore efficiency to pilot scheduling. This will allow for more open time opportunities for those senior enough to enjoy them...

... while delaying an already lengthy upgrade for FOs. Switching seats is the single largest pay raise of a SW pilot's career.

Not saying I agree or disagree. Just something else to ponder when negotiating for improvements. Unintended consequences and whatnot.


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Heard on the jetway: the quicker we agree to a sub-industry standard contract, the quicker the company can grow.

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Well, the mystery of why everyone's training this summer is being slid into August is solved.

Every captain and 200 and something FOs are coming back from EXTO to support the summer schedule.
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In 2020 an Elite Fighting Unit was sentenced to Furlough for a crime they didn’t commit. They promptly had their furlough warning cancelled and they escaped to the Dallas Underground. They survive today as Soldiers of Fortune. If you’re in need of a no vote, have nowhere else to turn, and can afford to hire them maybe you can call....Unit 1221.

Special Unit 1221 is all over contract negotiations. They’re an elite No Voting force that won’t take less than industry leading.
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In 2020 an Elite Fighting Unit was sentenced to Furlough for a crime they didn’t commit. They promptly had their furlough warning cancelled and they escaped to the Dallas Underground. They survive today as Soldiers of Fortune. If you’re in need of a no vote, have nowhere else to turn, and can afford to hire them maybe you can call....Unit 1221.

Special Unit 1221 is all over contract negotiations. They’re an elite No Voting force that won’t take less than industry leading.
We’ll see. I sincerely hope you’re right. Seems like the 1,221 would be a no-brainer block of no votes. But, history tells me not to expect much from any particular cohort within this pilot group. Propaganda (FUD) has proven to be very effective in destroying resistance within this group. The Venn diagram, after all, between this pilot group and people who believe there’s a secret underground lair full of deep state socialist cannibal satan worshippers hewed into the ground beneath a Washington DC pizza parlor probably exhibits quite a bit of overlap. Just sayin’.
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We’ll see. I sincerely hope you’re right. Seems like the 1,221 would be a no-brainer block of no votes. But, history tells me not to expect much from any particular cohort within this pilot group. Propaganda (FUD) has proven to be very effective in destroying resistance within this group. The Venn diagram, after all, between this pilot group and people who believe there’s a secret underground lair full of deep state socialist cannibal satan worshippers hewed into the ground beneath a Washington DC pizza parlor probably exhibits quite a bit of overlap. Just sayin’.
Unit 1221 is ELITE. (I hope you don’t think that description of Unit 1221 was actually serious.)
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Originally Posted by AdmiralofRears
In 2020 an Elite Fighting Unit was sentenced to Furlough for a crime they didn’t commit. They promptly had their furlough warning cancelled and they escaped to the Dallas Underground. They survive today as Soldiers of Fortune. If you’re in need of a no vote, have nowhere else to turn, and can afford to hire them maybe you can call....Unit 1221.

Special Unit 1221 is all over contract negotiations. They’re an elite No Voting force that won’t take less than industry leading.
I love it when a plan comes together.
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Originally Posted by AdmiralofRears
Unit 1221 is ELITE. (I hope you don’t think that description of Unit 1221 was actually serious.)
Umm, ya. The kitsch and campiness of “The Southwest Shuffle” paid the psychic wage around here for a couple of decades. GK’s “wacky” new Halloween costume each year is worth taking a hit of a couple percent on the B-fund. So, yep, I’d definitely believe that a guy is for realz when he suggests the 1,221 will be like an A-Team during negotiations.


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I love it when a plan comes together.
Unit 1221 is On The Jazz!
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