Southwest Airlines plans to raise minimum pay to $15 an hour for about 7,000 employees, citing the need to attract and keep workers as the airline industry continues to recover from the pandemic. Southwest said Friday that it intends for the raises to take effect on Aug. 1. The airline s...
On Friday, Southwest proposed the 10% pay rate cut to its roughly 9,000 pilots. The union, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, took issue with the across-the-board reduction and force majeure clauses, which it feared the airline could lean on to furlough pilots anyway. "This a...
Southwest Airlines CEO Awards and Recognitions Southwest Airlines’s CEO Robert E. Jordan started in this role in 2022. Robert’s approval rate is in the Top 5% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 10% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in Dallas...
In December, Southwest Airlines reached atentative agreementwith its pilots union that provides aviators a 50% pay raise over the next four years. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, which represents about 11,000 pilots, in January ratified the five-year agreement, which delivered better pay,...
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Reports how Southwest Airlines is considering a pay raise issue with its ramp workers represented by Transport Workers Union, amid strained labor contract negotiations. Why the union opposed the compensation proposal.EBSCO_bspWall Street Journal Eastern Edition...
For flights completed on or before 2:59 AM Central Standard Time (“CST”) on 1/1/25, “Qualifying Flights” include flights operated by Southwest Airlines® and paid entirely with dollars, Southwest LUV Vouchers®, gift cards, or flight credits and with no portion of the purchase price...
There are 4 different types of Southwest Airlines fares. Image Credit: Southwest Wanna Get Away:As you can see above, Wanna Get Away is Southwest’s basic fare. It includes 2 free checked bags, complimentary drinks and snacks, a 6x fare earnings rate for Rapid Rewards members, and the opti...
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We need a Boeing that is on track in terms of its rate and on track in terms of its delivering its aircraft to Southwest Airlines. So we can tolerate a bit of an interruption here with the strike because we planned for it. But if the strike goes much further, obviously, we'll have...