The SWAPA Number

Today's SWAPA Number is 12. That's how many domiciles Southwest will have once we open Nashville in May of this year. So on today's show, we're going to talk with SRC chair Scott Plyler and SRC member Dan O'Connor about what that means for our pilots and our network. Amy's out sick today so joining me as host is the third member of SRC 3, Meagan Nelan.

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This is the SWAPA Ride Report for Friday, March 8th, 2024.
In this episode, host First Officer Tony Mulhare from SWAPA Communications discusses some common questions about Ground Time Override and how to find overrides on your payroll report. 

Tony also provides a brief update on the current open enrollment period for the company provided life insurance benefit as well as some frequently asked questions regarding uniform accounts and per diem.

Check back every Friday for the next edition of The SWAPA Ride Report. 

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This is the SWAPA Ride Report for Friday, March 1st, 2024. 

In this episode, host Captain Matt McCants from SWAPA Communications discusses some common concerns about the short-term and long-term disability plans on the horizon.  

Matt also provides a brief update on what can be expected in the new versions of the Annotated CBA, the big-ticket scheduling items being implemented in March, how to shift vacation block bids, and some guidance on the preboarding policy while on deadhead duty.  

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Today's SWAPA Number is 1.5%. That's the 2023 profit sharing percentage that Southwest will be paying its employees this year. So today on the show, we're going to talk with NC member Damian Jennette about how that number was derived, how it compares to the industry, and how it fits into our pilot's retirement planning.

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This is the SWAPA Ride Report for Friday, February 23rd, 2024. 

The SWAPA Ride Report is your source for headlines, updates, and answers to frequently asked questions regarding your new Collective Bargaining Agreement. 

This week we answer some frequently asked questions from Benefits, Retirement, Contract Admin and SRC.

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Introducing: The SWAPA Ride Report, a new must-listen podcast to understand the latest developments with the new CBA, including frequently asked questions from pilots on the line. Check in for the Ride Report every Thursday. This week's edition focuses on Implementation updates and popular topics in the 401K, Scheduling, and Contract Administration world. 

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Today's SWAPA number is eight, that's how many new overrides are being implemented and paid between now and March 1st. Today we're going to talk to SRC Chair, Scott Plyler, and SWAPA Manager of Schedule Analytics, Meagan Nelan, about where we stand so far with implementing the new contract, what's further down the line and what the membership should expect going forward.

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Today's SWAPA Number is 92.7. That's the percentage of pilots that voted to make the Tentative Agreement between SWAPA and Southwest Airlines, a Collective Bargaining Agreement, in the vote that closed last week. On today's podcast, we're talking with SWAPA president, Captain Casey Murray and SWAPA VP, Captain Tom Nekouei, about what comes next for SWAPA and its members in a post contract 2024.

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Today's SWAPA number is 745. That's how many pilots that have entered longterm disability since 2020. As our pilot group is considering the TA before them, we'd like to zero in on an area of our contract that holds a lot of confusion for our members and their families, and that is disability. To better understand how disability works, what is changing and what we've seen from Q&A on the Contract 2020 Resource Center, we have on today's show, NC member and benefits expert, Damian Jennette.

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Today's SWAPA Number is 64%. That's the percentage of Contract 2020 that will be effective on date of ratification. By the end of 2024, that number will rise to 84%.
Today on the show, we're going to talk with Jody Reven, Scott Plyler, and Damian Jennette about the implementation of Contract 2020, why we agreed to the timelines in the implementation plan, and what happens if the Company doesn't meet them.

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Negotiating Committee Chair, Jody Reven about Section 3, Expenses.

01:10    Expense Reporting and Reimbursement
01:40    Exceeding Limits Language
02:22    Per Diem
03:02    Additional Per Diem
04:00    Uniform Expenses
05:31    Parking Expenses
06:09    Provisional Parking Expenses
06:34    FAA Physical Exam Expenses
08:08    Non-Routine FAA Exams
09:14    Head Set Reimbursement
09:47    Moving Expenses
11:15    Involuntary Displacements
11:55    Moving Weight Limits
13:19    Travel Expenses

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from our resident host, Kurt Heidemann about Section 2, Compensation.

00:31    Overview of Language Changes
01:07    Pay Rates and Increases
02:06    Amenable Dates
02:55    Post Amenable Strategy
04:22    Post Amenable Raises
04:50    Ratification Bonus
04:59    Pay Rates Discussion
06:12    Conversion Factor
06:46    First Year Pay
07:28    Line Guarantees
07:53    Rigs
09:10    Pay Multiples
10:15    Overrides
11:10    Leg Change Override
11:57    Ground Time Override (GTO)
12:18    Late Return Override (LRO)
12:46    Reserve Release Override (RRO)
13:04    Long Duty Override (LDO)
13:24    Night Override
14:06    ETOPS and SAQ Override
14:15    Scheduled Subservice
14:38    Holiday Override and Adds
15:40    GDOs
15:56    Online Scheduled Pay (Replaces Daily Reassignment Pay)
16:22    Reserve Pay and Reserve Sick Pay
17:55    Training Pay
20:13    Training Travel Pay
21:18    Ground Transportation and Double Deadheads
23:15    Vacation and Fatigue Pay
24:10    Pay Audits

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Negotiating Committee Chair, Jody Reven, about Section 1.

00:14    Strategy and Protections
01:09    Industry Comparison
02:58    State Owned Enterprises, Partnership Language, Exclusion List
06:52    Expansion of Network Discussion
08:30    Fragmentation
09:58    Domiciles Outside of CONUS
10:35    Mutual Benefit Discussion
11:03    PDEW Buckets
12:28    Re-Opener Language
13:33    Alternate Training Location Provisions
14:35    Management Rights

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Negotiating Committee Member, Damian Jennette about Section 4, Benefits.

 00:20    Section 4 Overview and Language
01:27    Codifications
02:18    Survivor Eligibility and Retirees
04:24    All things COBRA
05:14    Medical, Dental, and Prescription Drugs
08:17    Disability Overview
10:22    Disability and Incapacity Language
12:39    Income Disability
14:14    Elimination Period Changes 
16:40    Mental Health and Substance Abuse
18:12    Social Security Offset Removal
20:03    Top Up Plan Language and Example Case
24:34    Current Pilots on Disability at DOR
25:59    Retirement Contributions on Disability
28:10    MBCBP Provisions
28:54    Benefits While on Disability
30:08    Supplemental Plan Changes
32:12    Life Insurance Language
35:13    Retiree Travel
35:48    VEBA Language
37:09    Periodic Company Meetings

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Today's SWAPA Number is 3. On our Contract 2020 Negotiating team, we call our core of scheduling SME's, SRC3. That's Scott Plyler, Dan O'Connor, and Meagan Nelan, who are the individuals most responsible for the complete rewrite of our work rules. On this episode, we're going to sit down with them for a discussion about those scheduling sections of Contract 2020, where we started and where we ended up. 

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from Negotiating Committee Member, Damian Jennette about Section 5, Retirement.

00:17    Retirement Headlines
00:39    MBCBP Overview
01:57    MBCBP Funding 
03:28    Private Letter Ruling – Additional Funding
04:26    Excess Contribution Limits
05:22    Four Sources of Spill Cash and Filling Qualified Buckets
07:59    Non-Qual Plans Today and Moving Forward
08:58    IRS and PLR Timeline
11:22    PLR Protections
14:11    Contingency Planning 
14:59    Account Structure and Access
16:25    “Market Based” Defined
16:56    Preservation of Capital Rule
18:27    Hypothetical Gains
19:23    59 ½ Rule and In-Service Distribution
20:34    NEC Philosophy
22:13    Profit Sharing Plan Changes
24:37    Profit Sharing Deferral Percetages and Why
26:03    401K Plan Changes
26:44    Non Qual Plans

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from resident host, Kurt Heidemann on Section 6, General.

01:18    Uniforms
02:20    Required Documents
02:55    Crew Meals
04:48    Jumpseat
06:23    Pilot Travel
08:55    Team/Company Meetings
11:10    SIDA Badges
12:01    Retirement and Resignation Procedures
13:50    Company Relations
14:31    Records, Data Analysis, and Access
19:01    Joint Budgets
20:29    Infectious Diseases, CC Pay
21:41    Benefits Entitlement 
22:38    Aircraft Equipment
24:18    Pilot Information
25:17    Association Access & Inclusion
26:11    Safety and Security
26:28    FFDO Program
27:23    Medical Privacy and Practice

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC members, Scott Plyler, Dan O'Connor, and Megan Nelan about Section 12, Schedule Execution.

01:09    Checkin & Report, Release
01:51    Legalities During Execution
03:49    Execution Timeline Table Discussion
06:28    Crew Contact Rules
08:08    Rest Requirements
09:30    Deadheading Language and Standards
12:45    IROPS Discussion
13:37    Commuter Rules
15:28    Company Scheduled Ground Transportation
16:58    Removal From Flying (Fatigue and Sick)
18:29    Expired, Lost, and Stolen Documents
19:16    All Things Footprint Protection Preferences
24:48    Preferences Waiver Between Company and Association
26:08    Reassignments
26:57    Significant Disruptions
29:27    Cost Incentives
30:26    Cancellation Reassignment Timeline
32:40    JA Language
34:08    JA Provisions
34:45    Personal Net Zeros (PNZs)
35:29    JA Reassignments
36:13    JA Hotels
36:35    Next Day JA
37:22    Order of JAs

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC Chair, Scott Plyler and SRC Member, Dan O'Connor about Section 11, Voluntary Additional Flying.

00:24    Voluntary Additional Flying Overview     
00:44    Contractual Splits
01:32    STC and Open Time
03:27    Open Time Rigs
04:12    Changes to Monthly Open Time
07:16    Review of Pay Multiples
08:53    MOT and OTP Working Together
09:46    ELITT and DOT Changes
11:28    Open Time Alerts
12:01    Reserve Integration
12:41    Hourly Open Time
13:05    Short Notice Open Time
13:29    Voluntary Double Time (VDT)
15:18    CAP Discussion
16:08    The Flow of Open Time, ELITT of Pay Multiples
17:18    Last Resort Flying (LRF)

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On this Contract 2020 TA Education episode, we'll hear from SRC members, Scott Plyler, Dan O'Connor, and Meagan Nelan about Section 9, Pilot Schedule Planning.

01:05    Timeline Changes
01:38    Changes in Duty Time
02:40    Schedule Quality Asks and Changes
03:47    Commutability 
04:46    Average Pairing Length Discussion
05:30    Red Eye Discussion and Provisions
05:57    Line Construction
07:03    Collaboration with the Company on Schedule Planning
09:14    All Things Co-Terminals
13:43    Overlap Correction
14:26    Open Time Priority
17:23    Legality Changes
19:23    ETOPS and International Domiciles

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