Originally Posted by corl737
From the
Southwest Airlines Pilots Association history:
Company's first flight: June 18, 1971
SWAPA officially recoginzed: March 27, 1978
At the time of organization there were 113 pilots.
During 1978 Southwest Airlines acquired its 13th B737-200 aircraft and served 10 cities, all within the state of Texas.
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I was referring to having collective bargaining. It was two years but 1973 vs 1974. Capt. Jim Everett was our first president of what we called the Pilots Council and negotiated the working agreement that was in place until 1978. It was officially recocgnized as SWAPA under the NLRA in 1978. Thanks for posting the clarification. Also, only SWAPA members have access to the history on the forum, I don't think that the hot-link helps them.