Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 959758)

You sure about that? Nearly every mechanical delay I had while riding in the NW system involved a Saab, Pinnacle, or a DC-9....

Originally Posted by LandGreen2 (Post 959373)

This ^^^^^^^coming from this thread's official DALPA apologist! Are you suggesting that we should all apply to SWA since DALPA knows it has no chance of doing the job SWAPA does on a daily basis? Maybe instead of recommending our membership apply to SWA, DALPA should hire SWAPA to get us a new contract! They sure seem to have a good handle on Scope, Pay and Work Rules!! If only.....

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 959378)

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.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 959762)

Something smells about those numbers... Sounds like one of those things that changes everytime they need to sell something. I don't doubt that the MD-90 is a lot cheaper, but that doesn't quite pass the taste test.

Originally Posted by TenYearsGone (Post 959437)

+1, :)!

Like I said,"It is not our duty as pilots to worry about the rise of OIL (it means nothing)". The more we FEAR, the more management takes advantage.

TYG

Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy (Post 959698)

Charlie Sheen has been officially fired!! OMG, I never saw that coming.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 959762)

Something smells about those numbers... Sounds like one of those things that changes everytime they need to sell something. I don't doubt that the MD-90 is a lot cheaper, but that doesn't quite pass the taste test.

Originally Posted by capncrunch (Post 959769)

I hope so. Let them buy AK Air and we will build the West Coast Business grass roots. Maybe the 100 seater RFP is a contingency to the above scenario???