DALLAS, Texas - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Southwest Airlines i kēia lā ua loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻaelike me kāna mau Pilots, i hōʻike ʻia e ka Southwest Airlines Pilots 'Association (SWAPA), ma kahi ʻaelike Transition mua e hoʻokumu i kahi kaʻina hana no ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā Pilots o Orlando-based AirTran Nā mokulele i ke komohana hema. ʻO ka hui ʻana i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka ʻaelike e pili ana i ka pani ʻana i ke kānāwai o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Southwest i ka hui makua o AirTran, ʻo AirTran Holdings, Inc., i manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻia ma ka hapaha ʻelua o 2011. ʻO ka pani ʻana ma lalo o ka ʻae ʻia e nā mea kūʻai kālā AirTran, loaʻa. kekahi mau ʻae hoʻoponopono, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kūlana pani maʻamau.
Me kēia ʻaelike hoʻololi mua, hoʻokumu ʻo Southwest a me SWAPA i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi hoʻololi hoʻonohonoho ʻana mai ka hana ʻana i ke Komohana Hema a me AirTran ma ke ʻano he mea lawe kaʻawale, i kahi mea lawe hoʻokahi ma lalo o hoʻokahi Single Operating Certificate (SOC). ʻO kēia ʻaelike hoʻololi he ʻanuʻu mua loa ia ma ia kaʻina hana.
"ʻO kēia kuʻikahi hoʻololi, i ʻae like ʻia e kā mākou Papa Hoʻokele SWAPA, he hana koʻikoʻi ia i ke kaʻina o ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻohui ʻana o AirTran," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Chuck Magill, Southwest Airlines Vice President of Flight Operations. "Ke mākaukau nei kā mākou Pilots hana ikaika e hoʻomaka i ka hana koʻikoʻi a paʻakikī o ka hoʻohui ʻana i kā lākou mau hoa hana AirTran i Southwest Airlines."
I kāna 40 makahiki o ka lawelawe, ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Southwest Airlines i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā ia iho mai nā mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ʻē aʻe-e hāʻawi ana i kahi huahana hilinaʻi me ka Customer Service hiʻohiʻona. ʻO Southwest Airlines ka moku lawe nui loa o ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano o ka poʻe ohua kūloko i kau ʻia ma luna; i kēia manawa e lawelawe ana i nā kūlanakauhale he 69 ma 35 mau mokuʻāina. E hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 13 o Malaki, 2011, e hoʻomaka ʻo Southwest i ka lawelawe iā Charleston a me Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina, a ma Malaki 27, 2011, e hoʻomaka ana ka lawelawe i Newark Liberty International Airport. ʻO Southwest kekahi o nā mokulele hanohano loa ma ka honua i ʻike ʻia no kāna kūpaʻa i ka laina haʻahaʻa ʻekolu o Performance, People, a me Planet. No ka heluhelu hou aʻe e pili ana i ka hana ʻana o Southwest i kāna ʻāpana e lilo i kamaʻāina maikaʻi, kipa southwest.com/cares e heluhelu i ka Southwest Airlines One Report (TM). Hoʻokumu ʻia ma Dallas, Southwest i kēia manawa ke hana nei ma mua o 3,200 mau huakaʻi i ka lā a ua kokoke iā 35,000 mau limahana ma ka ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- With this initial transition agreement, Southwest and SWAPA establish a framework to begin an orderly transition from operating Southwest and AirTran as separate carriers, to a single carrier under one Single Operating Certificate (SOC).
- Southwest also is one of the most honored airlines in the world known for its commitment to the triple bottom line of Performance, People, and Planet.
- “This transition agreement, which was unanimously agreed to by our SWAPA Board of Directors, is an important step in the AirTran acquisition and integration process,”.
