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The news of Southwest Airlines placing orders for new aircraft is good, but it has led SWAPA, the union representing the pilots of Southwest Airlines, to file a suit against the airline. The issue, according to the union, is that the carrier is ramping up negotiations pressure by threatening to force its pilots to fly these new aircraft that are not listed in the existing collective bargaining agreement. Southwest Airlines is the launch customer of Boeing's new 737-800 MAX aircraft with scheduled deliveries beginning the first half of 2017. The pilots assert that Southwest may not operate, or threaten to operate, the M
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