Southwest warns the pilots it could keep AirTran as a separate airline if they fail to integrate the seniority list

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) has warned the pilots of subsidiary AirTran Airways (Orlando) it would consider keeping AirTran as a separate airline if the pilots of both airlines fail to agree on the plan to combine seniority lists.

According to this report by Bloomberg, “Southwest briefed its pilots on a Plan B for “separate and unintegrated” operations after that union declined to hold a membership election on a seniority proposal”.

Pilots of both airlines are voting on the proposal until November 7.

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