SWAPA tried multiple times to come to an agreement while telling the company force majeure was a nonstarter. The company negotiator (former swa pilot, swapa prez & Benedict Arnold) put force majeure in everything they went the union with, as a poison pill. This was done so that the company could say they had no option, but to send out WARN’s. It was a money grab definitely but also a hard drive for FM. You will see the company do everything I can to their advantage in the interpretation of our contract. They wanted FM as another tool of leverage and a point to negotiate during this contract negotiation period. They are up against the wall on a few things and we’re strategically hedging their bets. It was a large strategic fail. So much so that the VP of flight OPs acknowledged it will be a generational issue.
SWA is just another company.