Uh no. Flat out no. We can shut that thing down as far as I am concerned.

 

It is kind of damning is it not? Never a real comment on scope. And surely not from ALPA National.



As to this Captain, the thing that bothers me is you know the FUPM phrase. Half of it is directed towards pilots and the other half to management.

He may not realize he's saying it, but it's what's on his mind and in his heart, he wants to vote for furloughs if it'll give him more money.

 

I wasn't supposed to bring this up... but if you look real close, you can just make out the huge R in front of ALPA in that emblem.

I would tell you what the R stands for, but then they would go after my family.

 

Thanks Ferd,

that brought back some great memories - probably partially why I fly. I also remember the National Anthem in a theater before the movie, and dad pulling the car off to the side of the road on base during taps (MCAS Beaufort - Fightertown!)

 

Crud - there was that too.

 

Weird ...

Southwest: Breakdown is now an act of God

New SWA slogan ... "On a Wing and a Prayer"

 

What I am trying to say is that airline management has not gotten smarter. The playing field simply became more level. Had Delta been hedged we would have done the same thing. In fact we attempted to put USAIR out of business. We kept fares low in their markets and used up the huge pile of cash we were sitting on thinking we would drive them out of Business. Like SW we also failed at that strategy. To make matters worse it was basically Leo's only strategy which left us near liquidation with chapter 11 as the only option. Even then they delayed entry into Chapter 11 way to long trying to protect their precious stock options. USAIR fired back and fired back hard at Delta in intensive care and except for the arrogance and stupidity of Parker we would all be using a Cactus call sign today if the giant mess that would have created even survived to this point.

 

Tee,

MLB is $200 per year.

 

Then quit ignoring that fact, and blaming everything on ALPA.

We haven't even exchanged openers or polled the pilots.

I completely agree on both accounts.

I believe we should open at SWA + 10% (at an absolute minimum).
I also believe we should clearly state "not one more jet, not one more seat, not one more pound" as it relates to RJs, and I'm willing to try to buy back the flying we lost in bankruptcy (reset the line to 70 seats) but not willing to buy back the flying we've never owned (70 and below).

That is all personal opinion - I'm not an elected rep, and they will be determining what our priorities are after reviewing the results of 12000 pilots input via the survey. I have absolutely zero doubt that our opener will reflect the will of the 12000 pilots because I believe in our elected reps. The ones I vote for, and the ones each pilot votes for. They control the agenda, they control the timeline, and they will control the opener.


I agree with everything you said. I/we are really not the enemy, and I/we want the exact same things you want.

Now its your turn. When is DPA going to stop dividing the pilot group and stand together united so that we can actually achieve these things?

 

How do post a picture,..