This happens every section six negotiations. The realist, the pessimists and the optimists. All come on and set the bar for what should and should not be. SWAPA IMO has done a pretty good job in taking care of it's members and trying to get what they think is the best possible TA not only beneficial to it's membership but also the company long term. Every single proposal they have submitted to the company in and outside of mediation is paid for and then some. The SRC is second to none in the industry. Some provisions are necessary to retain and will cost more(disability for example). Company will have to weigh that out. Everything in contract 2020 IMO are good ask's/gains. Their are no secret's or back door deals. It's all their for you to read. Backed by and written through polling. Which by the way is starting again today. Don't forget to voice your concerns if they call you. In the end it's the NC's job to extract what the membership want's and must's( for a TA to pass). Hopefully SAV motivates SWA. SWAPA and SWA will have to agree on whats the final offer AND the membership will have the ultimate decision to vote it in or not.

Last go around my wants were pretty simple. Job security(scope and code sharing control). Pay(including 100% retro, NEC and reserve pay). Work rules that gave me the ability to get more days off. Since the time we TA'd that one every single year my w2 has gone up except in 2020. My average days off have increased except for 2021 and none of our jobs were farmed out to the lowest bidder.

Definitely need a rewrite of the contract for sure. Disability is what code sharing/scope was the last section six negotiations. JA protections for sure, vacation bidding(already AIP'd). Training scheduling needs to be revamped. ALL in the contract 2020 proposals. We'll see what happens. I would bet that once Delta's TA is ratified you will see movement in a big way at other two carriers. We will plug along until we get deep into section two, four, five, six thru nine(all scheduling). That will probably coincide with SAV results. After that, it will be definitely be up to us. This is my third airline, third SAV and my sixth contract that I hopefully will vote on at some point. Strike committee will be busy sure for the next few months.