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aa73: Here's a version from a Frontier pilot's perspective. Frontier went into Ch 11, had a late offer by SWA with 24 hours to negotiate a seniority integration. If thatby itself is not enough for you to determine the outcome, SWA wanted a staple with no job protections for the approximately 1/3 of our pilots who would have been furloughed in the process. We proposed that we'd consider a staple if they would guarantee pay and benefits for the furloughed pilots. Time ran out (surprise!), RAH's offer was accepted, and would likely have been even chosen if FAPA had accepted the staple job from SWA, due to the conditions of the Southwest offer.
Wow, I'm surprised by how you can distort the truth and post completely false info to justify FAPAs actions dealing with SWAPA.
Although the timeline was short, there was Alot more time than 24 hours. At one point, FAPA stopped calling Swapa back, thereby dragging their feet till time ran out.
The only people ever mentioning a possible furlough were FAPA. SWAPA or SWA never mentioned furloughs, and no pilot had ever been furloughed at SWA. FAPA used furloughs to scare the junior pilots to go along with them.
Finally, FAPA wouldn't agree on a staple no matter what. They wanted seat protections for their captains. They never ever ever said they would be willing to be stapled, on the contrary, they were looking for relative DOH with a ratio.
I do feel bad for the junior pilots at F9. But your senior cappies and your union screwed you guys over. It seems like the F9 pilots were the only ones that didn't see the current events as inevitable.