Originally Posted by sailingfun

SWAPA has never accomplished much of anything. They have piggy backed off of the rest of the pilot world. How did they get their current pay rates. The Delta 3B6 rates on the 737 NG and the Delta and UAL 2001 contracts. What did they achieve then? 20 percent lower rates then the industry.
They have what they have because the company has good management and made 5 billion dollars hedging heating oil.
Scope at SWAPA? The company has never pushed them for RJ and does not want them. No accomplishment on SWAPA part.
The one thing that SWAPA does do well is make sure they work with the company to insure the companies long term success. What a concept!

By the way, SWAPA is not happy with their current position. They don't like where their cost structure is now and the impact it has had on career progression at SWA. That is why they have made no real effort to really raise the bar and have agreed to two contracts and extensions with very small raises. They don't want to be at the top. They want their company to regain its historical huge cost advantage so they can go back to the days of 5 year captains.