Originally Posted by Privateer89

Agreed! What a joke it is to think that management gives two sh$&s about how many of us are wearing red lanyards. They speak money. Until they can’t attract/retain pilots in order to grow margins for shareholders, they won’t care. I have no doubt that they will offer an industry standard contract, but not a penny more or a day earlier than they have to.

In our favor is that SWA is currently operating at sub optimal efficiency, flying 30-40 aircraft less than what we could because of a lack of pilots. They said today that with nearly 100 aircraft orders next year, our pilot staffing and 2,160 new hires won’t be able to fly all available aircraft until late next year….leaving money on the table.