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Southwest to postpone delivery of 67 Boeing 737 MAX 8
Southwest Airlines Co will push back the delivery of 67 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft by up to six years, delaying $1.9 billion of spending, a spokesman for the airline said. The delivery of the planes will be shifted to 2023-2025 from 2019-2022. (finance.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Herb Kelleher needs to come bacl....
Double ditto
Really? Nothing to do with the pilot negotiations?
You mean something like this?
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/swapa/assets/public_article/MAX_Lawsuit_-_Final_1.pdf?mtime=1463423841
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/swapa/assets/public_article/MAX_Lawsuit_-_Final_1.pdf?mtime=1463423841
First - sell off older jets
Second - settle with pilots
Second - settle with pilots
i read the link from joel wiley, and I wonder what the gripe is from the pilot union. Boeing aircraft that look just like the aircraft these guys/gals already fly. some new training is involved with the arrival of the max8's, and where is the harm there? I belong to several unions, and I see the need for that to continue, BUT, enough already. The benefits from a more efficient airplane should first accrue to the company- they are paying for the airplanes after all, and the pilots ought to view the new planes as a full employment guarantor. If a new, more generous contract results in reduced profitability, don't be surprised by layoffs. bad idea for everybody.
There was and is a lot of detail and history presented in the article Joel commented on. It's important that you read the article and the references to the old Railroad act. It's important for you to understand the whole situation.
I believe the issue is 2-fold - first in that the exceptions with regards to allowing the new aircraft are not being run through the proper due-process of being added to the contract. As there is precedence for doing so - straying from the agreed upon process is cause enough for alarm.
The 2nd half is partially as a consequence of the first - in that no new training is being offered/pushed/promised/documented. The pilots and union are fearful that this total combination of process side-stepping will be used to force them out. This is a legit concern. Process and contracts exist for a reason. If an employer is not going to follow them - then it gives the appearance that something fishy is up.
The 2nd half is partially as a consequence of the first - in that no new training is being offered/pushed/promised/documented. The pilots and union are fearful that this total combination of process side-stepping will be used to force them out. This is a legit concern. Process and contracts exist for a reason. If an employer is not going to follow them - then it gives the appearance that something fishy is up.