aa73,

It was established in a very lengthy thread, many months ago, that SWAPA had no authority to offer anything other than a straight staple. That explains why they waited to start negotiations until the final hour. Any single variation from a staple would have had to be voted on by SWAPA members, and there was not time. This is all from a SWAPA pilot.

FAPA thought we deserved better, and tried to negotiate, but SWAPA had no wiggle room as previously stated. If FAPA ignored calls, as their side of the rumor goes, it seems pointless that they should have to listen to "STAPLE" five more times - especially when it became apparent that the offer by republic was going to beat SW's by a mile (for the unsecured creditors) .

I personally believe that I would have been one of the FO's who did not get job protection, so depsite what a SW pilot tells you about how a Junior F9 FO feels, I am here to tell you that I am still - with all of this going on - happy with the outcome. The 2% over there who can't let it go, just can't handle how the ugly girl at the dance didn't want to tango with the quarterback. Hope that helps.