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Originally Posted by beer (Post 895593)

I have flown with several North FAs and 95% of them are dudes!!! WHats up with that?

They aren't dudes,...they're Wisconsin Woman !
:eek:

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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44 (Post 896135)

When are you moving to SLC?

Three weeks.

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Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 896131)

I spoke with them a few days ago and they said I definitely am benched for December and she was not sure about January, call in two weeks.

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Originally Posted by FmrFreightDog (Post 896152)

I'm supposed to go to 88 school in December. I just called today and December is out of the question. January might be as well. I'm not complaining!! PM me if you want the phone number.

You guys just got one of the only good deals left in our contract.
Paid vacation the entire month of December is as good as it gets.
Merry Christmas!

I'll probably be having another X'mas dinner from the Quik-Trip over by the Interstate about half a mile down from the hotel.

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 895805)

In case you're wondering about who or what got the 438 write-in votes, I've got a list down below.

Valid Vote for representation (no name) 189
Transport Workers Union 101
Any other organization or individual 56
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 49
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 13
In-house union 11
Association of Flight Attendants (write-in votes) 8 ????????? :D
Air Line Pilots Association 4
Association of Professional Flight Atendants 1
David Oshman 1
Independent Union of Flight attendants 1
Independent union 1
International Railroad Union 1
Paul Tanner 1
Representation 1
Total write-in votes 438

Unbelievable.

I'm surprised there weren't votes for: "The Rent Is Too Damn High Party"

Carl

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 896207)

Unbelievable.

I'm surprised there weren't votes for: "The Rent Is Too Damn High Party"

Carl

Carl,

If they hold a DPA vote, I was going to write in "Carl Spackler and my rent is too damn high"

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ma...tml#post896213

I know there is a resolution which is passing thru the various LECs about interim pay raises based upon SWAs rates applied to our 737s and then adjusted up or down for the other fleets. I attached the link above since SWA folks have made an effort to explain their pay system...its still a little smoke and mirror to me. However, from what I have gleaned, basically they make more that what their hourly rate would be.

IOW the pay numbers shown on the APC website are not actually per hour, but instead are per duty period. Short story for the simple math, their actual hourly rate would be the rate shown on APC multiplied by 1.13

The reason I am attempting to explain this is because even if we were to get the SWA rates, our proposal is to pay by the hour. SWA would still have a pilot pay cost DISadvantage if we got the mid-term pay raises.

Also, what kind of health care coverage does SWA have?

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 896231)

Also what is very, very good about their contract has to do with their ability to trade, pick-up, drop, etc very easily. It's not too difficult over there for 4 year F/Os to make $150K/year (120 hours credit/month) while also having 16-17 days off. That and pay rates go hand in hand. Also, want to drop the whole month? Pretty easy to do.

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 896237)

Also, what kind of health care coverage does SWA have?

C'mon Bar, dont play I've got a secret. Could it possibly be better that our world class system?

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 896231)

IOW the pay numbers shown on the APC website are not actually per hour, but instead are per duty period. Short story for the simple math, their actual hourly rate would be the rate shown on APC multiplied by 1.13

scambo, you've got that backwards. Here's the footnote on the bottom of the LUV page:

[above figures were converted from $/trip to $/hour]

So the rates posted ARE estimated hourly rates, after using a factor (1.13?) to convert their trip pay to an estimated hourly rate.