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The SWAPA Ride Report: Contract Housekeeping, Reserve Q&A, and Overrides Refresher
This week, guest host Ella Ziober reviews the most recent versions of the CBA source documents as we near the end of the second quarter. With Q3 arou…
1 year, 6 months ago
26 (Fatigue, Scott Hutchinson)
Season 5 Episode 13
Today's SWAPA Number is 26. That's 26 fatigue calls per 10,000 duty periods, which is our current fatigue rate. That's less than half of what it was …
1 year, 7 months ago
The SWAPA Ride Report: Scheduling Tech Development, SWAPA App Update, and 401K Recap
This week, guest host Alexis Thomas reviews the recent Empower accounts merger, and points to all the resources that Pilots have at their disposal wh…
1 year, 7 months ago
16 (Hotels, Seth Kornblum)
Season 5 Episode 12
Today's SWAPA Number is 16. That's the section of the contract that covers hotel standards. So on today's episode, we spoke to Hotels SME, Seth Kornb…
1 year, 7 months ago
The SWAPA Ride Report: Training Elections & Side Letter One
This week, Casey Casteel from SWAPA Communications discusses upcoming implementation items like the training elections form that will go live soon as…
1 year, 7 months ago
4,200 (Training, Casey Murray, Greg Bowen)
Season 5 Episode 11
Today's SWAPA Number is 4,200. That's how many Southwest pilots will retire by 2035. We may have stopped hiring for now, but those 4,200 pilots will …
1 year, 7 months ago
17.A.2 (VPTO, Jody Reven, Greg Auld, Erich Schnitzler, Scott Plyler)
Season 5 Episode 10
Today's SWAPA Number is 17.A.2. That's the section of our new CBA that deals with VPTO, or Voluntary Paid Time Off.
On this special episode of The SW…
1 year, 8 months ago
The SWAPA Ride Report: Scheduling Handbook Highlights and Pro Tips for Open Time Priority and Vacation Overlap
Season 1 Episode 11
This week, host Captain Matt McCants gives us the high points of the newly released Scheduling Handbook – a must have in a Pilot’s tool box to resume…
1 year, 8 months ago
231 Million (EFA, Greg Auld, Erich Schnitzler)
Season 5 Episode 9
Today's SWAPA Number is 231 million. That's the net loss for Southwest Airlines in the first quarter of 2024. Today, we're sitting down with Eric Sch…
1 year, 8 months ago
The SWAPA Ride Report: TTGA / ELITT Expansion and Overrides Q&A
Season 1 Episode 11
This week, guest host and Communications Director Amy Robinson walks us through the newest expansion of Trip Trade Giveaway and ELITT. If you’ve ever…
1 year, 8 months ago