Originally Posted by 1Bigrodeo

Absent the few flamers that continue on this board, if you want to look a bit deeper at why most of the SWA pilots did not support the integration of F9 pilots here, here is a little insight.;....

Many pilots at SWA are getting their fill of stagnant and backwards movement right now. Many are displaced as SWA is moving flying from east to west. Many FO's are understandably upset that what was, until a year or so ago, a 7 year upgrade, now is near 14++ years. Not exactly what they signed up for....

So, is it arrogance? Is it personal to F9? I would say no. I see a bunch of guys, myself included, who don't really need or want to see someone moving into the list in front of them right now.....would you? I am already commuting from my old base, where I live, to my new one, where I don't want to be. Personally, we all do what is best for us, and giving up seniority on top of pay and base loss was not on the menu. It had nothing to do with assumed superiority to F9 people.

While some SWA guys who flame on this board still consider SWA the holy grail, I would observe from watching from the inside, that it is a nice place to work, but it is still just a job. It would have been great to have F9 guys here, but it was not the right fit at the right time.

As far as hubris is concerned, I think that 90% of the posters on this board could take a note on that condition. Aren't we all just geniouses in our own world.......