The SWAPA Number

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The SWAPA Number episodes

September 28, 2020 $22.93M (Tom Nekouei, 2021 Budget)
Today’s SWAPA Number is $22.93million. That’s the total of the 2021 budget which will be voted on by the membership in October’s Fall General Election. Today we’re going to talk to SWAPA 2nd Vice President, Tom Nekouei. He’s going to talk us through how the final number was achieved, how SWAPA spends that money, and what the membership gets from that figure.
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23 min
September 14, 2020 31.2 (Disability Plans, Brent Weisner and Damian Jennette)
Today’s SWAPA number is 31.2. That’s the number of months of the average long term disability absence lasts according to the Council for Disability Awareness, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the American public about the risk and consequences of experiencing an income-interrupting illness or injury.
With SWAPA Benefits Open Enrollment quickly approaching, we wanted to chat with some of the Benefits Committee folks about our disability plans, how they affect our pilots, and what they coverage means to them. On the show today, we are going to talk to Benefits Chair, Brent Weisner and frequent friend of the show, Damian Jennette about all of the SWAPA-provided Benefits plans and why they are important to you.
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27 min
August 31, 2020 13 (Follow-up With The New Members of the SWAPA Board of Directors)
Today’s SWAPA number is 13. That’s the total number of positions that will be open on the SWAPA BOD in the fall election. Back in the beginning of 2020, we sat down with each of our new board members to ask them what they had learned during their first few days on the job, what they hoped to accomplish in their time on the BOD, and what drove them to run for office. Today, with nominations for the 2020 General Election opening shortly, we’re following up with them to hear their thoughts on those things along with world events that none of us could have dreamed of when we talked nine months ago.
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24 min
August 17, 2020 $268,668 (Jean Peck, SWAPAfamily)
Today’s SWAPA number is $268,668. That’s the current balance of the Pilot Relief Fund. On the show today, we’re going to talk to Outreach Chair, Jean Peck, who will tell us more about the Pilot Relief Fund, what’s on the horizon for SWAPAfamily, and about a few other things her committee handles.
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24 min
August 03, 2020 2,211 (Scott Plyler, Meagan Nelan, VSP/ExTO and the Schedule)
Today's SWAPA Number is 2,211 That's the number of Pilots who participated in one of the Company's much-needed cost savings initiatives last month. That includes 1,581 Pilots who took a temporary leave under Extended Time Off, or ExTO, and 630 Pilots who retired or separated from Southwest under the Voluntary Separation Program or VSP. Today on the show, SRC Chair Scott Plyler along with staff member Meagan Nelan, the brains behind the operation, are returning to the studio to discuss the wide-ranging effects that losing over 2,000 Pilots will have on our schedules in September and for the near future.
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32 min
July 20, 2020 3,284 (Mike Santoro, COVID-19 update)
Today’s SWAPA Number is 3,284. That’s the number of listens to the Covid-19 podcast we did with SWAPA Vice President Mike Santoro on April 4. It was a popular episode that our Pilots found very helpful given the rapidly changing facts at the time. To that end, we decided to bring Mike back for a second discussion around COVID-19 to find out the lastest since it is still very much top-of-mind for our Pilots.
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28 min
July 13, 2020 25 (Seth Kornblum, Helen Yu, SWA/SWAPA Agreements)
Today’s SWAPA Number is 25. The 1994 CBA had 25 side letters over the length of its duration. The 2006 CBA had 17. Our contract today has 2. What’s changed? Today on the show we’re going to talk to CA Chair Seth Kornblum and SWAPA General Counsel Helen Yu about side letters, MOUs, LOAs, and the other types of agreements SWAPA and the Company make in an effort to improve and protect our Pilots’ careers.
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29 min
June 29, 2020 $191,745 (Damian Jennette, VSP)
Today’s SWAPA number is $191,745. That’s the annual amount Southwest Airlines will pay to a 12-year Captain for up to 5 years who takes VSP. It’s a substantial amount of money, but it requires walking away from your profession at the top of your career, however, for many members it’s a decision worth considering. Today on the show, we’re going to talk to NC Member Damian Jennette about some of the questions SWAPA has gotten about VSP and hopefully clear up some of the common misconceptions circulating out there right now.
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24 min
June 15, 2020 300% (Chess Fulton, Special Services)
Today's SWAPA Number is 300%. That's the increase in calls Project Lift to seen since the start of the recent pandemic. We all know that everyone's under enormous amount of stress these days, so it's no surprise their call volume has spiked. Today on the show, we're going to talk to SWAPA Special Services chair Chess Fulton about the type of calls that Project Lift handles, what pilots can call them for and what to expect when the pilot reaches out.
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22 min
June 01, 2020 4,346 (Scott Hutchinson and Fred Deakins, Fatigue)
Today’s SWAPA number is 4346. That’s the number of fatigue calls that have been made since Southwest started keeping track in 2011. If your run the math, more than 1 in 3 of all SWA pilots have personal experience with making a fatigue call. On the show today, we’re going to talk to SWAPA Safety Committee member Scott H and SRC Committee Member Fred Deakins about those fatigue calls, the joint Fatigue Safety Advisory Group, and the value our fatigue policy provides to our pilots and the Company.
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27 min

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