The SWAPA Number

6,433 (Scott, Dan and Meagan of SRC)

Today's SWAPA Number is 6,433. That's the number of pilots who subscribed to SWAPA's Line Tuner service. It's just one of the many tools and reports our SRC offers to the membership. On today's episode, we talked to SRC chair Scott Plyler, committee member Dan O'Connor and staff analyst Meagan Nelan about the different products their committee puts out every month to help our pilots improve their productivity, increase their pay and build a schedule that's best for their own personal quality of life.If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

943,971 (Erich Schnitzler & Greg Auld, SWA Financial Update)

Today’s SWAPA Number is 943,971 that’s the increase in passenger counts at TSA checkpoints since the lowest point in April of 2020. While passenger counts are still well below average, it definitely shows that the demand for travel is increasing. On today’s episode, we talked to Economic Financial Analysis & Industry Research Committee Chair Erich Schnitzler and member Greg Auld about that increase in demand as well as SWA’s 3rd quarter financial earnings and the impacts it has on our negotiations.Get the show notes at swapa.org/news/podcast.If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

11 (Brent Weisner and Mike Haynes, Open Enrollment, Non-Qual Plans)

The month of November is open enrollment for SWA’s medical benefits and it also happens to be when the window is open for the Non-qualified plans. In this episode we spoke with SWAPA’s Benefits Chair Brent Weisner about SWA’s medical plans and what changes our Pilots can expect. And in the second half we talked with SWAPA’s Director of Retirement, Mike Haynes about the non-qual plan window and got a primer on all of the plans and how they work together. If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

23 (NC Virtual Meeting Q&A)

Today's SWAPA Number is 23. That's the number of days the Company has decided all labor groups have to negotiate a 10% pay concession or face the threat of furloughs. On October 8th, VP of Labor Relations, Russell McCrady, issued a memo to all union members setting a November 1st deadline to complete negotiations. In the same letter and repeated again during a Company town hall event last week, Labor Relations claim that Southwest unions, including SWAPA, have had more then six months to prepare. Today on the show we're going to cover some highlights from our NC's virtual meeting held on October 15th so you can hear directly from our negotiators and see that 23 days really is the window we've been given and what SWAPA's response to it is.If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

15 (Matt Wright, Laurin Toriello, Stella Dulanya, Investigations and Discipline)

Today’s SWAPA Number is 15. As in 15D: The section of our CBA that deals with investigations and discipline. Unfortunately, there has been a noticeable uptick in the number of 15D meetings over the last year or so and today we are going to talk to some SWAPA SME’s who have to deal with these types of things on a regular basis. We sat down with DAL rep Matt Wright, MDW rep Laurin Toriello, and SWAPA attorney Stella Dulanya to talk with us about what types of discipline cases they are seeing, how to keep out of the Chief Pilots Office, and what to do should you find yourself in that situation.If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

$22.93M (Tom Nekouei, 2021 Budget)

Today’s SWAPA Number is $22.93million. That’s the total of the 2021 budget which will be voted on by the membership in October’s Fall General Election. Today we’re going to talk to SWAPA 2nd Vice President, Tom Nekouei. He’s going to talk us through how the final number was achieved, how SWAPA spends that money, and what the membership gets from that figure.If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

31.2 (Disability Plans, Brent Weisner and Damian Jennette)

Today’s SWAPA number is 31.2. That’s the number of months of the average long term disability absence lasts according to the Council for Disability Awareness, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the American public about the risk and consequences of experiencing an income-interrupting illness or injury.With SWAPA Benefits Open Enrollment quickly approaching, we wanted to chat with some of the Benefits Committee folks about our disability plans, how they affect our pilots, and what they coverage means to them. On the show today, we are going to talk to Benefits Chair, Brent Weisner and frequent friend of the show, Damian Jennette about all of the SWAPA-provided Benefits plans and why they are important to you.If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

13 (Follow-up With The New Members of the SWAPA Board of Directors)

Today’s SWAPA number is 13. That’s the total number of positions that will be open on the SWAPA BOD in the fall election. Back in the beginning of 2020, we sat down with each of our new board members to ask them what they had learned during their first few days on the job, what they hoped to accomplish in their time on the BOD, and what drove them to run for office. Today, with nominations for the 2020 General Election opening shortly, we’re following up with them to hear their thoughts on those things along with world events that none of us could have dreamed of when we talked nine months ago.If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

$268,668 (Jean Peck, SWAPAfamily)

Today’s SWAPA number is $268,668. That’s the current balance of the Pilot Relief Fund. On the show today, we’re going to talk to Outreach Chair, Jean Peck, who will tell us more about the Pilot Relief Fund, what’s on the horizon for SWAPAfamily, and about a few other things her committee handles. If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737

2,211 (Scott Plyler, Meagan Nelan, VSP/ExTO and the Schedule)

Today's SWAPA Number is 2,211 That's the number of Pilots who participated in one of the Company's much-needed cost savings initiatives last month. That includes 1,581 Pilots who took a temporary leave under Extended Time Off, or ExTO, and 630 Pilots who retired or separated from Southwest under the Voluntary Separation Program or VSP. Today on the show, SRC Chair Scott Plyler along with staff member Meagan Nelan, the brains behind the operation, are returning to the studio to discuss the wide-ranging effects that losing over 2,000 Pilots will have on our schedules in September and for the near future.If you have any feedback for us at all, please drop us a line at comm@swapa.org or tap here to send us a text.Follow us online:Twitter - https://twitter.com/swapapilotsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/swapa737