Time to pull the plug on AAPA was the first year of $6B in profits and endless IT/Programming BS excuses. What did they make the last 3 years? $15B’ish? Just think of the money that cost all of us and AAPA goes to the media to b#*%h that our PS lags behind our peers!

Absolutely!

As ****ed as I am about the turds running stuff now, I am excited about the really great folks who should get elected soon.

He is.

I personally was told about the hybrid system a while back by a director of flight.

He didn’t state it as a “maybe” or a “possibility.” He said once Sabre could be programmed for the hybrid system it would be done.

The way he put it, the union had already done it and the company would implement when the time was right.

So... Any way to find out how much money APA or AA spent on this?

Time to call some reps? Can we get a statement from TW in writing that he is not pursuing this?

Read his statement more carefully. See exactly how he phrased it. Technically, it might not be a lie, but it is very misleading.

This all goes back to the other rumor I heard-not from the same person, but from a person who was actually in these meetings.... That guy told me that the hybrid system was passed and tabled-for implementation later.

This guy used exactly the same phrase about Sabre programming.

This kind of shady ass stuff is how our union operates. Just look at how the latest agreement on min day and LOS was negotiated .... I think DC had the board vote him full authority to negotiate by himself-with no input or approval from the negotiation committee.

I should add that this is all second hand info-and I think TW is being very misleading, based on the stuff I have heard. I could be wrong, but it sure is interesting that I heard the same exact story from these two guys-who don’t know each other, or travel in the same circles.

Thanks, to you and R57 for the comments. Trying to keep my glass half full!

I heard the jumpseat was going to be available to commuters only.
No more cockpit jumpseat unless you are going to or from work.

SWA jumpseat is FCFS, starting at 1 hour prior, at the gate. After you have non-rev listed. WN priority over OAL, natch'.

Haha that cracked me up

What the heck does it even mean when people say it’s not a commuters seat? I don’t get what they are trying to say. When I commuted I used it. When I go on vacation I use it.

I am commuting to my vacation destination!