Originally Posted by Buchanan10

So now the SWA "H" group is clairvoyant? I would have never guessed it. In the almost 50 years since being in business this company has never furloughed one employee, those are the facts and they are indisputable, no matter how much you guys cry and complain the SWA hate group just does not like anyone pointing it out.

Another" fact" you guys can complain about is 47 consecutive years of profits.

Originally Posted by e6bpilot

Buchanan is a troll and this whole argument is ridiculous. He is just seeing how long he can string you guys along arguing his stupid premise.

Southwest is just another big airline now with big airline costs and big airline problems, including anti-pilot management. They would furlough in a hot second if they thought that scheme would work out to their finanacial benefit. Tammy Romo dropped an accidental nod to the fact that they are already having contract regret when she mentioned in the investor day presentation that labor contracts and especially pilots are expensive, causing increased headwinds that need to be overcome with similarly increased revenue. The thing about that is that the pilots worked with the company and have for many years to give them revenue streams to unlock via scope and costs to cut via scheduling practices. SWA management chooses not to pull those levers, so here we are.

The email that came out from our VP of Flight Ops should come as no surprise to anyone. It's just a reminder that any warmth, personal connection, and emotion that you feel for this company is born out of a lie from long ago and is completely misplaced. Given a choice between doing the right thing and doing the thing that will benefit them, they will almost always choose the thing that puts money in their pockets at a cost to you. Pilots are faced with choices on a daily basis at a micro level along those same lines. Carry extra gas or no? Single engine taxi or no? Continue tired or bang out fatigued? Jump through the commuter policy hoops or just bang out sick? My advice to everyone is to remember the cowardly message that LK decided to send out after 5 on a Friday before he went home for the weekend. I know I will.

Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

Moral of the story and especially the story regarding how they’re buying back 2.5 billion to save their jobs is this:

- If they’re going to treat SWA as their own personal piggy bank then so will I.

Originally Posted by hoover

exactly I have a little piggy bank I'm going to tap Nov due to the horrendous lines. 4 total turn lines out of over 700 and only about 20 two day lines.
I hope the operation crashes again due to people having such a ****ty schedule. By not creating efficient lines there is less room to pick up if the need arises.

Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

Moral of the story and especially the story regarding how they’re buying back 2.5 billion to save their jobs is this:

- If they’re going to treat SWA as their own personal piggy bank then so will I.

Originally Posted by mulcher

Well that’s not very owner of you two. Lee is such a dumba55. I think I’ll be owning it next month as well. If for no other reason. His email makes me sick.

Originally Posted by e6bpilot

He could have literally said nothing and it would have been 100x better. He just couldn't help but scold a bunch of grown men on ownership. I love it. I guess every story needs a villain. Everybody thought it was Elliott. Plot twist!

Originally Posted by mulcher

Well that’s not very owner of you two. Lee is such a dumba55. I think I’ll be owning it next month as well. If for no other reason. His email makes me sick.

Originally Posted by Zard

i am about to aggressively own my sick bank. Thanks for the advice, Lee!

Originally Posted by Mozam

The man flew 31 hours in the past year . The few teips he flew he had a note on the trip that's states DO NOT REROUTE

Originally Posted by hoover

and never has to call in sick because he can just make it an office day