The SWAPA Number

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Negotiating Committee Chair, Jody Reven, about Section 1. 00:14    Strategy and Protections 01:09    Industry Comparison 02:58    State Owned Enterprises, Partnership Language, Exclusion List 06:52    Expansion of Network Discussion 08:30    Fragmentation 09:58    Domiciles Outside of CONUS 10:35    Mutual Benefit Discussion 11:03   ...

Today's SWAPA Number is 3. On our Contract 2020 Negotiating team, we call our core of scheduling SME's, SRC3. That's Scott Plyler, Dan O'Connor, and Meagan Nelan, who are the individuals most responsible for the complete rewrite of our work rules. On this episode, we're going to sit down with them for a discussion about those scheduling sections of Contract 2020, where we...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Negotiating Committee Member, Damian Jennette about Section 5, Retirement. 00:17    Retirement Headlines 00:39    MBCBP Overview 01:57    MBCBP Funding  03:28    Private Letter Ruling – Additional Funding 04:26    Excess Contribution Limits 05:22    Four Sources of Spill Cash and Filling Qualified Buckets 07:59    Non-Qual Plans Toda...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from resident host, Kurt Heidemann on Section 6, General. 01:18    Uniforms 02:20    Required Documents 02:55    Crew Meals 04:48    Jumpseat 06:23    Pilot Travel 08:55    Team/Company Meetings 11:10    SIDA Badges 12:01    Retirement and Resignation Procedures 13:50    Company Relations 14:31    Records, Data Analysis, and Access 19:01 ...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, Senior Legal and Labor Analyst Lexi Taylor will be talking with Jay Bellar, Chip Ellsworth, and John Miller, members of the SWAPA Check Airmen Committee, about the new Check Pilot Guide. 00:21    The Check Pilot Guide 00:48    Scope and Expectations 01:55    Reduction in Force Language 02:33    Preferences 03:38    TGDOs 05:33    Changes to Schedule and...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Kurt Heidemann on several small sections, starting with Section 7, Seniority, Section 8, Vacancies, Section 20, Safety, Section 22, Furlough, Section 23, Supervisory Duties, Section 24 Dues, Section 25, IT, and Section 27, Terms of Agreement. 00:50    Seniority 02:40    Domicile Right of Return 03:31    Downgrade Language 03:54    Se...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Negotiating Committee Member, Damian Jennette,  on Section 17, OJI.  00:25    TPAs and Compensable/Non Compensable Discussion 02:07    OJI in Current CBA vs New TA 04:20    Sick Bank Usage 04:54    Flight Ops Involvement 06:08    Description of Official Duties 07:09    HDQ Chief Pilot Involvement       08:16    OJI Manual and Volunta...

On today's Contract 2020 TA Education, we hear from our usual host, Kurt Heidemann, on Section 17, Leaves of Absence. 00:16    Big Picture Changes 00:38    General Section Overview 01:17    LOA and Vacation 01:53    Longevity 02:34    Emergency and Bereavement Leave 03:45    Sick Leave Accrual 05:05    Visibility of Sick Time 05:38    Sick Bank Buyback Discussion and Accrual Protection 06:15 ...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Contract Admin Chair, Seth Kornblum,  on Section 16, Hotel Standards. 00:16    Hotels List 01:17    Hotels Standards Manual 02:23    Required Accommodations 05:01    The Crew Accommodations Board (CAB) 07:34    Hotel Standards Provisions 08:34    Short and Long Stipulations 10:06    Self Walk Protections 10:47    Transportation Requi...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Senior Legal and Labor Analyst, Lexi Taylor on Section 15, Training and Standardization. 00:20    Section 18 and 23 Overview 01:01    Training Awards and Assignments 03:01    Training Trading 03:37    Fatigue and Sick 04:15    Training Adjustments 04:55    Training Pay 05:45    Training Pull and Footprint 06:45    Short Training Even...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC member, Dan O'Connor, about Section 14, Vacation. 00:21    3 Main Changes to Vacation 01:22    1.5% Floor and Industry Comparison 03:33    Additional Spring Break Weeks 04:08    Elimination of Floating Vacation + More Open Time Weeks 06:13    Vacation Trade Opening 07:11    The Value Add of Removing Floating Vacation 08:33 ...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC Chair, Scott Plyler and SRC member Dan O'Connor, about Section 13, Reserve. 01:02    The Reserve Proffer Process (RPP)  02:08    How RCO and RPP Interact 03:32    Non Conforming Pairings 05:42    Reserve Preferences 06:23    Release to Check In 09:20    LCO/Pay Multiple Integration 10:59    Release at the End of A Trip 12:17...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC Chair, Scott Plyler and SRC member, Dan O'Connor about Section 10, Exchange of Flying. 00:18    Change in Exchange of Flying and Automation 00:35    TTGA Changes 02:18    TTGA Over Non-Flys 03:55    New Open Time Giveaway Rules 05:15    Jetway Trades 06:09    ELITT Changes  08:22    DTC Limitations 08:38    PNZ 10:15    Co-T...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC members, Scott Plyler, Dan O'Connor, and Megan Nelan about Section 12, Schedule Execution. 01:09    Checkin & Report, Release 01:51    Legalities During Execution 03:49    Execution Timeline Table Discussion 06:28    Crew Contact Rules 08:08    Rest Requirements 09:30    Deadheading Language and Standards 12:45    IROPS...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC Chair, Scott Plyler and SRC Member, Dan O'Connor about Section 11, Voluntary Additional Flying. 00:24    Voluntary Additional Flying Overview      00:44    Contractual Splits 01:32    STC and Open Time 03:27    Open Time Rigs 04:12    Changes to Monthly Open Time 07:16    Review of Pay Multiples 08:53    MOT and OTP Working...

On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC members, Scott Plyler, Dan O'Connor, and Meagan Nelan about Section 9, Pilot Schedule Planning. 01:05    Timeline Changes 01:38    Changes in Duty Time 02:40    Schedule Quality Asks and Changes 03:47    Commutability  04:46    Average Pairing Length Discussion 05:30    Red Eye Discussion and Provisions 05:57    Line Constru...

Today's SWAPA Number is 20, as in 20 questions, because that's what we're doing today on the show with typical host, Kurt Heidemann, who also happens to be a part of the NC. We've been in negotiations for more than three years, and the SEP process ran for two years before that. With that much time, a lot of our pilots either forgot or weren't here to know the why's be...

Today's SWAPA Number is 11/30. That's the date the federal mediators assigned to our negotiation have indicated that they expect Southwest and SWAPA will have a deal. So on today's show, we'll speak with SWAPA President, Casey Murray and Negotiating Committee Chair, Jody Reven. about what that date could mean and what our members can expect as that date arrives. If you have any...

Today's SWAPA Number is $70,000. That's roughly what SWAPA spends on an arbitration when we and the Company can't settle a grievance before it gets that far. Arbitrations are a required part of the RLA process that we operate in as professional pilots. Today, we're going to talk with Contract Admin chair, Seth Kornblum about some of the work that he and his committee do to defe...

Amy Robinson: Today's SWAPA Number is four, as in stage four cancer. Imagine if you were given that diagnosis by your doctor on today's show, myself and Tony Caparella from the Benefits team ended up talking with SWAPA pilot Todd Hermling about what he felt when he heard those words from his doctor as well as what he's experienced while he's been out on disability. We also talk...

Today's SWAPA Number is $37.5 million. That's the total expenses in the 2024 budget, which will be voted on by the membership this month in the fall general election. Today, we're going to talk to SWAPA's Second Vice President Tom Nekouei, Executive Operating Committee member Hank Ketchum, and Director of Finance Brian Hickman about the next year's budget and what changes...

Today's SWAPA Number is 18. That's the number of days the NMB has given us for the next 10 weeks. Those extra days with additional unmediated sessions for language writing will help us get closer to a deal. So today we're going to talk to the SWAPA NC Chair Jody Reven and NC members Kurt Heidemann and Damian Jennette about the latest in negotiations and where we might be going. If y...

Today's SWAPA Number is 12. That's the number of BOD seats that are up for election next month, which include one for each domicile, plus the vice president executive seat. Today's podcast will take a different tack from our normal format where our hosts will serve as guests in a roundtable discussion on the importance of SWAPA board representation changes we've enacted for thi...

Today's SWAPA Number is 5. Last week, SWAPA pilots participated in our first ever nationwide picket at 5 domiciles, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Houston and Los Angeles.  On this Labor Day edition of the SWAPA Number, we're going to talk to those pilots who came together to show their support for an industry-leading contract and to demonstrate their unity and resolve. If you have any fee...

Today's SWAPA Number is 649,000. That's the number of new pilots that Boeing projects will be needed to staff the growing demand for airlines in the next two decades. With such a high demand and low supply of qualified aviators, business as usual from the past must change to meet this new reality. On today's episode, we will be talking with the Training Committee Chair, Captain Greg...