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Old 10-16-2011 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by capncrunch
And the second half of his question, would you vote no to the entire contract because of the two things you mentioned?
He asked me what I did not want at all. I gave him two items without any fanfare.

As to your question. Yes, I would vote no.

If we went to their reserve rules, I would not care if I made more money, it would cost jobs, and probably yours. Having a reserve period that is all SC's that everyone would have to sit in a crash pad for, would be a major no for many of our pilots. I do not commute, but that does not mean that I am willing to hose those that do. Also, I like long call. I want a ultra long call (18-24 hr option) as well. A LC day that I am not used is like a day off. Even in the summer I get at least five of those a month.

I am also not willing to go a FAR max pickup. That would be another instance where we would greatly regret the change right after the ink was dried. Do not give me the song and dance that if I did not want to I would not have to. It would cost pilot job or positions, and both of those matter. You as a pilot want both because one leads to upgrades and the other one provide job protection in the form of more pilots below you making a Delta check.

Do they have a ALV? Do they limit the amount that the company can schedule on a given pilot's line of time? Those are QOL issues.
One thing that many forget it that every fleet here does Flag operations and for that reason, we can get around the 30-7 issues that SWA can't.

If we went backwards in DC contribution, I would vote no. Duh!

I agree with Gloopy that SWA is not my bar, mine is higher. We have a different operation. I highly caution you to not set them as the bar, because if you do this time and get what you think you want, there will be a time in the future where they will be once again used to lower yours.

They are a good competitor, but there are more reasons that just the lack of an Over-water certification for them not going to truly international destinations. It is the same reason that Mike O'Leary has not tried to force his Ryan Air garbage on the North Atlantic. They all know the limits of their product. If they are dumb enough to try it, the product better change because they will have a lot of one time customers.

We all like SWA's pay, and as far as I am concerned, that is a min for pay, not hourly, but W-2, but that does not mean that we need to give up or protections and other bennies for it. We will be a 40 billion dollar a year company by the mid part of this decade. Jeez, talking about giving up something to get something. What you propose if crazy and is a major concession for our pilots.
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