Protesting Four Years Without A Contract

Southwest Airlines pilots are planning an informational picket on Wednesday at Dallas Love Field Airport outside ticketing, baggage claim, entry points.

In a media advisory, SWAPA says the participants will include "hundreds of uniformed pilots from Southwest Airlines; Captain Jon Weaks – SWAPA President; Captain Mike Panebianco – Vice President; Uniformed flight attendants; mechanics; and pilots from other airlines.

Southwest Airlines pilots have been without a contract they find acceptable since 2012. During that time, the union says, shareholders have been rewarded with nearly $6 billion in stock buybacks while the pilot group has not had a raise since 2011.

After four years of negotiations, SWAPA continues to demonstrate their collective displeasure to management, the flying public, and Southwest Airlines shareholders. Four years, particularly during a time of record profits, is far too long for a company known for its "LUV" to not provide a worthy contract offer to its operational front-line leaders – the pilots.                      

Located in Dallas, Texas, the Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA) is a non-profit employee organization representing the more than 8,300 pilots of Southwest Airlines.

(Source: SWAPA media advisory)

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