Sat, Feb 26, 2011
Airline, SWAPA, Have Established Framework To Integrate AirTran
Pilots
Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it has reached an
agreement with its pilots, represented by the Southwest Airlines
Pilots' Association (SWAPA), on an initial Transition Agreement
that establishes a procedural framework for eventually integrating
the Pilots of Orlando-based AirTran Airways into Southwest. The
integration addressed by the agreement would follow the official
legal closing of Southwest's acquisition of AirTran's parent
company, AirTran Holdings, Inc., which is currently anticipated to
occur during the second quarter of 2011. Closing is subject to the
approval of AirTran stockholders, receipt of certain regulatory
clearances, and fulfillment of customary closing conditions.
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). This transition
agreement is an integral first step in that
process.
"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," said Chuck Magill, Southwest
Airlines Vice President of Flight Operations. "Our hard-working
Pilots are now poised to begin the important and challenging work
of integrating their AirTran colleagues into Southwest
Airlines."
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