The SWAPA Number
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 has significance to us as SWAPA Pilots.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 231
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
$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 SWA…
8 (Introducing The New Members of the SWAPA Board of Directors)
Today's SWAPA Number is 8. In this episode, we speak with the 8 new members of the SWAPA Board of Directors. Be sure to subscribe and let us know what you think.
$4.7M (Matt Monahan and Seth Kornblum, Payroll Audit)
Today’s SWAPA Number is $4.7 million. That’s the amount of money that SWAPA has recovered for our Pilots through payroll audits since 2015. Today on the show we are going to chat with Payroll Auditor…
10.7% (Erich Schnitzler, Contract 2020)
10.7%, that’s Southwest’s adjusted net margin for the third quarter. We rank #2 in the industry, behind only Allegiant. But more importantly we were #1 among the Big 4, despite the Max grounding. Tod…
.1% (Brian Fitting, Dues Increase)
Today’s SWAPA number is .1%. That’s the amount of a temporary dues increase currently being debated by the SWAPA BOD to cover the increased cost of negotiating Contract 2020. On the show today, we’re…
1,983 (Mike Panebianco, Contract 2012)
Today's SWAPA Number is 1,983 that's the number of pilots who have joined Southwest since we signed our contract in 2016. Those pilots weren't here for our last contract negotiations and aren't aware…
124, Part II (Seth Kornblum, CBA Grievances)
Today’s episode is a continuation of last week's SWAPA Number, 124. That's the number of CBA grievances currently open. Right now, there’s a three-digit backlog of open grievances waiting for arbitra…
124, Part I (Seth Kornblum, CBA Grievances)
Today’s SWAPA Number is 124. That's the number of CBA grievances currently open. Right now, there’s a three-digit backlog of open grievances waiting for arbitration because our Union and our Company …
1,659 (Mike Santoro, Vacation)
In episode 3, the SWAPA number is 1,659. That’s the number of Pilots in 2018 who block bid then traded away every vacation week they bid on. Listen to a conversation with Contract Admin Committee Mem…
25.6M (Amy Johns, Budget)
Today’s SWAPA Number is $25.6M. That’s the sum total of the 2020 budget which will be voted on by the membership next month. Today we’re going to get some insight into the budgeting process, how SWAP…
365 (Casey Murray, Negotiations)
The SWAPA Number for our first podcast is 365. That’s the number of days before our CBA is officially amendable.
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