Originally Posted by
Zman81
Have you read over the contract comparison and not just pay rates? I have friends and family at United. Anyone who says SWA contract is inferior doesn’t know squat:
1) our trips and duty rigs beat theres
2) our vacation pulls beat theres
3) our works rule TTGA/ELIT beat theres
4) our scope clause beats theres
5) our vacation value beats there’s
6) sick leave accrual beats there’s
7) reassignments beats there’s
8 min days off for reserves/line holders
9) we don’t have PBS
Go to the SWAPA website, negotiation tab, scroll down to contract comparison. My question for all the people talking about how we have it bad. How do you know we have it bad when you don’t even know what we have ?!? Posts like yours show that you don’t !! Maybe you should go to United ….
Right or wrong, it’s a buyers market and (sadly for WN) most aspiring candidates have no idea about the ins and outs of contracts. Most only see pay scales on APC, upgrade times, wide body opportunities etc. Obviously a lot goes into decisions, but at a glance, SW has its work cut out of it’s looking to compete for the ever-diminishing pool out there.
Given WN management’s propensity to deny, stall and delay contracts, this may not end well.