Originally Posted by
fishguy79
Hence the change. We are getting close to contract 2012. If they can make the ATL pilots happy, they will carry the companies water with the yes vote. With 34.6 percent of the pilots based in ATL, do not have to buy off too many more to pass a weak contract
Not saying it will happen, but it sure looks like the plan.
Simply adding a little flying to a base doesn't come remotely close to passing out enough kool aid to swing the entier base no matter what else they throw at the total group. ATL is the biggest hub of the biggest airline in the galaxy, and as such its going to have some flying based there. I doubt too many ATL pilots will rubber stamp a bad contract, that they would have otherwise rejected, because a cool new plane is based there and over all flying is up a tad.
Actually, the more ATL pilots we have, the harder a sell it will be to claim that we can't financially swing SWA narrowbody pay, 15 days off reserve and 100% scope (there on occasion have been more than a few outsourced jets sighted at once in ATL).