typhoonpilot
Well-Known Member
We're not talking CBAs here, we're talking company financials. Pilot CBAs change every few years. That's why arbitrators don't care about them when doing seniority integrations. But the economic conditions of the carriers at the time of the merger is definitely considered, and very relevant, because it speaks to the career expectations of the pilots in a real way in real time. In our case, AirTran was a growing, profitable carrier. SWA was a stagnant carrier with little hope of growth, and likely contraction.
You're kidding right?
I don't disagree that Air Tran was doing okay, but again, that was going to be a limited time frame until they also hit a speed bump in their growth. SWA has hit that speed bump, I agree, but they are one of the best run airlines of the last 40 years and nothing was indicating they were going to contract.
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