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Old 03-30-2020, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by FNGFO
Circling the wagons is their immediate concern. But this is an unexpected opportunity with the Legacies and friends being forced to downsize pretty radically. SWA and probably some investment groups are seeing the possibility to gain market share, gates capacity etc. when this is over. Plans are at least being laid to that end.
can’t wait to be a Junior F/O commuting to OAK.
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can’t wait to be a Junior F/O commuting to OAK.
Finally, your flight school dreams come true.
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Still wondering what it means to get "Airtranned". I feel like it's a long standing joke on the forum, but hard to tell the details of what went down
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Old 03-31-2020, 08:34 AM
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Still wondering what it means to get "Airtranned". I feel like it's a long standing joke on the forum, but hard to tell the details of what went down
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when SWA bought AirTran majority of AirTran CAs got downgraded and everyone else become Junior SWA F/Os.........
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Old 03-31-2020, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by SAABoroowski
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when SWA bought AirTran majority of AirTran CAs got downgraded and everyone else become Junior SWA F/Os.........

but with todays law captains can’t downgrade to FO’s with a merger. There are certain “fences” in place that prohibits the abuse we used to see in years past.
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Originally Posted by SAABoroowski
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Thanks for filling me in!
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Originally Posted by Halon1211
but with todays law captains can’t downgrade to FO’s with a merger. There are certain “fences” in place that prohibits the abuse we used to see in years past.
ehhh, what if SWA “Acquires” us and we don't “merge” per sé.
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airtran wasn't a merger per se
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Old 03-31-2020, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SAABoroowski
ehhh, what if SWA “Acquires” us and we don't “merge” per sé.
Does their scope clause allow for a SWA owned airline to perform revenue operations for SWA with pilots that aren’t..... (I think you see where I’m going)....
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Originally Posted by Tranquility
Does their scope clause allow for a SWA owned airline to perform revenue operations for SWA with pilots that aren’t..... (I think you see where I’m going)....
no it doesn’t but that’s not what he asked
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