WorldTraveler said:You can sift thru the thread and count the number of posts back that something was said if you want but I believe it was YOU who brought up the whole notion of layoffs in an attempt to try to argue that WN has done a better job of protecting its people.
I have never disputed that... you seem to have this need to defend WN against a charge I have never leveled.
I also have never challenged that WN employees wouldn't be given the opportunity to transfer, just as other airlines have done... but we all know that there are a certain number of people at any company - airline or not - that will not accept a transfer because they have reasons to stay where they live, current job or not.
So does that mean you agree that WNs history of NEVER having laid off anyone, is much superior to the rest of the airline industry?
You cant even say it can you.
You have claimed that "every airline has very similar policies" and "WN employees are getting exactly the same deal that any other airline has given its employees.".
You claim that "DL people just like those at other airlines have had the opportunity to bid on existing positions in RIF situations". But if there are no openings, people have lost their jobs, right? These are called LAYOFFS.
Through out the history of airlines, many people have been laid off without the opportunity to move and keep their jobs.
But SWA has always created positions for these affected employees. They have always kept people employed if they wanted to move.
For you to say "there is nothing holier about what WN" has done in these situations, shows you do not recognize the truly exceptional way SWA has always treated their people.
You can twist your comments and throw around some numbers but you are truly blind if you think Delta or any other airline has treated their people with as much respect and loyalty as SWA has for us.
I did not "attempt to try to argue that WN has done a better job of protecting its people". I have proven it.
SWA proves it everyday to me and my co-workers.