The SWAPA Number

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The SWAPA Number episodes

May 18, 2020 3 (2nd VP candidates forum)
Today’s SWAPA Number is 3. That’s the number of candidates we have running in the SWAPA 2nd VP Special Election. The candidate elected for this position will serve for the remainder of the 2020 term that will be vacated in June. The 2nd VP serves a vital role within SWAPA and we are lucky in that we have three candidates for the position this go-round. We sat down with Tom Bake, Tom Gasparolo, and Tom Nekouei, or “the three Toms” as we like to call them to discuss why they decided to run and the issues they want to bring to the forefront for the membership.
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27 min
May 04, 2020 98,000 (Greg Auld, Economic, Financial Analysis)
Today’s SWAPA Number is 98,000. That’s the number of total passengers that flew in the U.S. on April 22. And for comparison, Southwest has about 62,000 employees. Today on the show, we’re going to talk with EFA Committee member Greg Auld who will tell us about this week’s earnings announcement, the impact of the coronavirus on the industry, and what the CARES Act means for us and our airline.
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28 min
April 20, 2020 35% (Scott Plyler, Meagan Nelan, Scheduling)
Today’s SWAPA Number is 35%. That’s the current amount of flying in the May schedule compared to what was originally planned. We don’t need to belabor the point of what’s happening to our industry and our airline is unprecedented. I think that’s pretty clear to all of us. Today on the show, we’re going to talk with SRC Chair Scott Plyler and staff member Meagan Nelan who will help us with a postmortem of the March and April schedules, the impact of the May bidding timeline MOU, and what we can expect in May and beyond.
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23 min
April 03, 2020 19 (Michael Santoro, COVID-19)
Today’s SWAPA Number is 19. Today on the show, we’re going to talk to SWAPA VP Michael Santoro about the impact COVID-19 is having on our Pilots and our Company.
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22 min
March 30, 2020 415 (Rick Grindstaff, Professional Standards)
Today’s SWAPA number is 415. That’s the number of calls the ProStandards Committee fields on a yearly basis. On the show today, we’re going to talk to SWAPA ProStandards Chair Rick Grindstaff about what types of calls Prostandards handles, how often they are talking to pilots, and what their success rate actually is.
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17 min
March 13, 2020 3/13 (Damian Jennette and Mike Haynes, Profit Sharing Plans)
Today’s SWAPA number is 3/13. That’s the date our 2019 Profit Sharing will be funded. This year it will be equal to 12.2% of qualified earnings. On the show today, we’re going to talk to SWAPA’s Director of Retirement Mike Haynes along with NC member Damian Jennette about all things Profit Sharing, including some of SWAPA’s goals for Contract 2020.
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24 min
March 02, 2020 2 Million (Casey Murray and Jody Reven, Data Points from SEP)
Today’s SWAPA number is 2 million. That’s the number data points Contract 2020 preparations produced. Over a period of three years, we received more than 200 blank sheet questions, and over 600 follow up polling questions that resulted in 17 Negotiating Points and other educational materials on topics SWAPA Pilots indicated are important to them. With thousands of pilots participating in each one, our NC can be confident that they have the pulse of the membership when they sit down to negotiate with the Company. On the show today, we’re going to talk to two of our negotiators, Casey Murray and Jody Reven, who will tell us more about all of the work they’ve done so far and tell us about what they think about the negotiations that will start this week.
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26 min
February 17, 2020 6 (Helen Yu, RLA Education)
Today’s SWAPA number is 6, as in Section 6, the section of the Railway Labor Act that governs airline labor contract negotiations. On the show today, we’re going to talk to SWAPA General Counsel Helen Yu who will give us a review on the RLA, negotiations, mediation, arbitration, and what happens if we can’t get a deal after all of that.
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22 min
February 03, 2020 346 (Brent Weisner, Damian Jennette, Benefits)
Today’s SWAPA number is 346. That’s the number of pilots who are currently out on long term disability. Here to talk to us today about loss of license, our current disability plans, and what we hope to achieve in terms of benefits in Contract 2020 is SWAPA’s Aeromedical Committee Chair Brent Weisner and Negotiating Committee member Damian Jennette.
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20 min
January 17, 2020 $7.3M (Will Young, I.T.)
Today’s SWAPA Number is $7.3 million. That’s the amount of money SWAPA has committed to spending on IT over the next three years. On the show today, we’re going to talk to Captain Will Young, the SWAPA IT Director. Will is going to give us some insight SWAPA technology, something that will only become more vital to our operation in the future.
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12 min

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In each podcast we explore a number that will help us explain an issue that matters to our Pilots. This might be a scheduling metric, a Company financial number that impacts us, or anything else that…