From the Union this morning:
Southwest Airlines has informed SWAPA that they wish to add limited international flying on SWA 737-MAX aircraft flown by SWAPA Pilots, which will trigger a re-opener of our CBA per Section 1.M.1.d.: “Begin flying international routes, other than Near International routes.”
The Company would like to discuss a Side Letter to address this, and starting next week, your Negotiating Committee and other SMEs will meet with the Company to hear their goals and then brief your Board of Directors in order to prepare for next steps. While few details are currently known, we believe their asks will be narrow in scope, and we expect negotiations to cover a handful of destinations at most.