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[SWA.TECH]

This thread is funny! As a SWA empoyee I can tell you that we are not perfect nor do we perceive ourselves to be, however that being said it is BY FAR the best airline to work for, PERIOD. I work with guys from EVERY other airline and it is the concensus. And as far as the AT "management" goes, been there seen that. @ lineguy I dont know what youve seen , but ive witnessed plenty of firings, enough to know they dont play. Also I have witnessed many "great additions" to the management only to be used as examples of how not to treat the front line employees. BYE BYE..... likely that a large portion of the transitional AT mgt. does not make the final cut. I have also seen people promoted to mgt. from unionized positions, and then when the protection is off, no whammies no whammies no whammies, GOODBYE.

[SWA.TECH]

not that we dont have our share of s*^t bags......

[Workinaflight]

Yeah - but look at what is happening within SWA now. We have managers over managers over managers, and each one coming up with their share of garbage rules and projects so that they can justify their existence. I don't feel like typing a book right now - but suffice it to say that the more the company gets away from letting the "grunts" at the bottom level use their brains and life experience to make their jobs more efficient and save the company $ - the worse we are gonna get. The "industry standard" is NOT what got us to where we are. Making "blanket" rules and procedures that ALL have to follow - even though each station may have it's own specific needs and circumstances - that is not what got us to where we are.
And just giving these AT people an equivalent job with better pay/benefits at SWA - just because they were lucky enough to have us buy them - WITHOUT an interview or probationary period???? Can you say "goin down in flames"????

[wnbubbleboy]

Workinaflight, on 04 February 2012 - 08:13 AM, said:

Yeah - but look at what is happening within SWA now. We have managers over managers over managers, and each one coming up with their share of garbage rules and projects so that they can justify their existence. I don't feel like typing a book right now - but suffice it to say that the more the company gets away from letting the "grunts" at the bottom level use their brains and life experience to make their jobs more efficient and save the company $ - the worse we are gonna get. The "industry standard" is NOT what got us to where we are. Making "blanket" rules and procedures that ALL have to follow - even though each station may have it's own specific needs and circumstances - that is not what got us to where we are.
And just giving these AT people an equivalent job with better pay/benefits at SWA - just because they were lucky enough to have us buy them - WITHOUT an interview or probationary period???? Can you say "goin down in flames"????

I agree. I am not by any means damming anyone. I am very skeptical though.....I think the litmus test is to ask someone who crosses over, and in the managment spot, who Rollin King is....if they can answer that.....That should give you a good idea of how interested they are in our history...

I think I look at it this way to put it in the simplest terms. Our Airline and the way it has been run is like having the secret recipe for "Classic Coke" which has made us successful.....Now allowing folks into roles of leadership and have no Idea how we have brewed it up until this point will screw up the receipe and if you been around long enough we all know what a success "New Coke" was...