Originally Posted by
cole
I said all new growth on the WN side, I know that won't happen, the days of the transtar/morris purchase are just a dream. I just wish I could get a huge pay raise and still hold my current seniority like the AAI guys want. I just get to keep my seniority, my current pay, delay my upgrade even more, and fly to ATL and some other hot spots, that I could care less about flying to. While some guys who didn't have to buy a type, didn't have to wait out at a regional to get over 1000 hours pic, and didn't have to interview move ahead of me. I guess I'm just jealous. Because with out Airtran, SWA would have never been able to grow or fly out of Texas.
cole, the posters on this site are not going to sway from downplaying the obviously huge increases in pay, qol, etc. and to stick to their foolish talking points about relative seniority.
Relative seniority is a pipe dream. It is just what it says it is...relative. The seniority they hold at
Airtran is relative to the other
Airtran pilots - not at the airline that is buying theirs. The lack of growth is a poor argument as well. SWA probably would have grown just fine without this. I don't seeing anything at all positive for our group with this deal. Most of the posters here, believe it or not, would actually enjoy seeing SWA struggle through this.