Despite the title of this thread, and the better payrates of SWA, it seems like the real professional windfall is tilted toward the SWA guys, not AirTran.

They are getting a different fleet, international operations and know-how, more basing choices, expanded business operations, NYC flying, ATL flying, etc.

The SWA pilots think that integration should be by w-2 and not status and category...now thats rich. They are the big winners in this.