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6 (Erich Schnitzler, Greg Auld, Dan O'Connor, Contract Comparison)
Season 4 Episode 3
Today's SWAPA Number is 6. That's the number of agreements that have been ratified, with two still pending, at other carriers over the last nine mont…
2 years, 6 months ago
117 (Fatigue, Scott Hutchinson)
Season 4 Episode 2
Today's SWAPA number is 117. FAR Part 117 is the regulation that governs flight time, duty time, and rest rules for airline pilots. So on today's epi…
2 years, 6 months ago
8/31 (The Future, Casey Murray and John Murphy)
Season 4 Episode 1
Today's SWAPA number is 8/31. That's the date of SWAPA's nationwide picket that will take place in 5 of the 11 domiciles. This historic picket is jus…
2 years, 7 months ago
892 (Scott Plyler, Dan O'Connor, Meagan Nelan, Summer Schedule)
Season 3 Episode 22
Today's SWAPA Number is 892. That's the number of planned CQT move-ups from August and September to June of this year. As you can imagine, this will …
2 years, 7 months ago
99.2% (Casey Murray, Ready to Strike)
Season 3 Episode 21
Today's SWAPA Number is 99.2. That's the percentage of pilots who voted yes to the strike authorization vote. That number was very impressive and cle…
2 years, 8 months ago
$11.9 million (Jody Reven, Kurt Heidemann, Damian Jennette, SAV and Negotiations)
Season 3 Episode 20
Today's SWAPA Number is 11.9 million. That's the amount of money lost in pure training costs alone from the pilots who have left Southwest since Dece…
2 years, 8 months ago
1380 (Darren Ellisor, Flight 1380)
Season 3 Episode 19
Today's SWAPA Number is 1380. That's the Southwest flight number that had an uncontained engine failure with an emergency landing into Philadelphia f…
2 years, 9 months ago
5 (Strike Authorization Vote, John Murphy & Mike Terwilliger)
Season 3 Episode 18
Today's SWAPA number is 5, that's how many unions, including SWAPA that have chosen to call a Strike Authorization Vote during their negotiation cycl…
2 years, 9 months ago
100 (Kurt Heidemann, SWAPA Number Recap)
Season 3
As we approach 100 episodes of the SWAPA Number podcast, we're going to look back on some highlights including some never before heard clips that wil…
2 years, 9 months ago
45 (The History of SWAPA with Frank Schmuck)
Season 3 Episode 17
Today’s SWAPA Number is 45. That’s the number of years since the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association was formally recognized by the National Labor …
2 years, 9 months ago