Happy 54th Birthday to the A-10 Thunderbolt II
On this day in 1972, the YA-10A made its first flight.
The video shows the Northrop YA-9A and the Fairchild YA-10A in a head-to-head competition to become the Air Force's newest attack craft.
Happy BRRRT Day!
Today, by a vote of 92.73% for and 7.27% against, with 98.8% of the membership casting ballots, the Tentative Agreement between SWAPA and Southwest Airlines has been ratified.
All of the details can be found at https://t.co/vOrPluPi5A
We have a Tentative Agreement (TA). Your Board of Directors has reviewed the full Agreement In Principle (AIP), and today we voted unanimously to send this TA to you for a vote.
For more information log into https://t.co/sLedHdnDTs
SWAPA Announced today that we have reached an Agreement In Principle with @SouthwestAir. The SWAPA Board of Directors will meet tomorrow, Dec. 20th, to decide whether to release the agreement to a membership vote.
Details and the next steps are below.
https://t.co/cRb142fLFJ
Your SWAPA NC began the day with a 9am meeting at SWA that was supposed to last 2 hours…and they just left for the night.
You have waited nearly 4 years for a deal, and the team is working hard to deliver. Back at it tomorrow. Board week update will be out tomorrow.
"While none of us wants to go on strike, we are preparing for that path because @SouthwestAir simply has not shown that it is willing to invest the time, energy, and money into creating a better experience for us nor our customers,” - SWAPA President, Captain Casey Murray.
https://t.co/30Uq6UlqPP
SWAPA President, Captain Casey Murray, leading our Pilots in front of @SouthwestAir HQ to call out the #irony of a $600 per ticket “Culture Event” when 11,000 frontline Pilots have been without contracts for 3-1/2 years and are #readytostrike
"Exploiting Culture is Now @SouthwestAir Culture" ... "Don't Worry They Fooled Us Too."
Bob, you can change this. Let's start with an industry-leading contract that your Pilots deserve.
https://t.co/sPHsyS6Nzq
We've been standing outside SWA HDQs for their (broken) Culture Connection event since before dawn. We'll continue standing up to fight for you... for us.
More pictures to come. Keep checking back!
#TimesUpBob and @SouthwestAir, your Pilots are #READYTOSTRIKE
The 300. 300 of our Pilots, late in negotiations, took time to show up in Denver and send another clear message to management that it’s time to land the contract. We remain #ReadyToStrike until it’s DONE.
We are in Denver to participate in a visual demonstration of resolve outside @SouthwestAir's Spirit Party.
Hilton Garden Inn at 4:00 pm MST. The briefing will begin at 4:30 pm MST.
Address: 1999 Chestnut Place
Denver, CO 80202
Register Here: https://t.co/8sJryi5Y8n
Looking back at a week of unified demonstrations nationwide. @SouthwestAir Pilots are calling for CEO Bob Jordan to Land the Contract. The industry has long passed your “Historic Culture” by…#readytostrike