Yup..... Until over a third of your brothers try to sell you out again.


And for the first time since the last Weaks admin, SWAPA is actually negotiating with the company, instead of "negotiating" (wink).

Agreed. I hope the pilot group doesn't screw it up.... Again.....

BOD elections are coming up in a few months. There will be a full court Koolie press to get some BOD seats back on the company side of the table. Mark my words.

All it took last time was a complicit President, 3 reps and the NC to convince over a third of our pilots to vote yes on concessions that we'd be stuck with for at least another decade. They even tried to sneak in PBS under the table.....

 

Elaborate? What part of my post don't you agree with?

 

Too bad the fishing and diving sucks though. Anyways enough of my state is better than your state.

To the OP, a Delta friend of mine put me in touch with a guy he knew who spent about 8 months at Southwest before going to Delta. He loved Delta and was so happy he made the decision. Faster seniority = better quality of life for him. However, by the end of the conversation I asked him if he planned on staying in FL and he said no way, he was moving to Atlanta or Detroit.

As I mentioned before if it were me and I lived within driving distance of a Delta base I'd leave. Sure we probably have more fun at work and better schedule flexibility, but I also think we work more and unfortunately no matter how much you like this job it's still a job... a job that takes you away from your family. So if I could make more at Delta and be away from my family less then that's a no brainer in my opinion.

 

Huh? DAL guy here, what's the significance of the tie?

 

Our union asked us to wear dark ties with a SWAPA pin on it as a show of unity. This, apparently, is too much to ask of too many of our pilots.

 

There are guys leaving SWA for DL and vice versa. There's guys leaving DL for UAL, AA.

General rule of thumb is go to the first place that hires you and if that's not where you really want to end up then keep the apps updated for where you'd really like to work.


Then there's some that'll never be happy. Give them a sack of money and they'll complain it's too heavy. Those guys will either make everyone miserable at work or be the ones jumping from airline to airline their whole career.

The job is what you make of it. CBA negotiations aside SWA is a great job and I've got no complaints.

 

Happy to be at SWA.

There are as many reasons to pick an airline as there are pilots employed by them.

Do what's best for you and your family. If you are single and time at home is negotiable...fly the world!

You can only choose with the information you have today, and you won't know if you made the right choice until the day you retire.

Best of luck!

 

Right now definitely go to Delta; however, that answer could change if there is a major economic event, war, terrorism, etc.
Ask me again when we have a new contract and my answer may change.
Best of luck.

 

So how soon could a new hire hold BWI?

 

Depending on where you fall in your class and where your class falls in the order of classes putting their initial bid in its possible to get it right out of training, but no longer than about a 2-3 month wait.