Originally Posted by
jetpilot4u
Hey Whackmaster, I think I fly with a lot more SWA guys than those who you interact with. I'm just saying, the culture will be shot if any 6 year Air Tran Capt gets to keep his seat over a 10 year SWA FO. That's the majority opinion over here. I'm not sure who you are talking to, but they may be delusional.
Yeah, you obviously do speak with more SWA guys than I do, so you'd obviously have a better reading on the pulse of the pilot group. I will NOT get into SLI expectations, wants, wishes, etc. on this or any other public forum. I'll leave that to my MC. What I will say about your response above is that the scenario described is a VERY real possibility, so prepare for the VERY real possibility that according to you your culture will be shot.
I'm sorry, but I just don't buy that assessment, not because I'm calling you a liar by any means, but simply that I don't think an arbitrator ruling that all AAI cptns keeping their seat will ruin the mighty SWA culture. I guess we'll see what happens. It'd be a shame if anything ruined such a precious culture in this industry.
Let's keep in mind also that this is not a done deal, nor is it even close to being a done deal.