Southwest Airlines and Flight Crew Training Instructors Ratify Contract Extension

DALLAS, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines is pleased to announce that its Flight Crew Training Instructors, represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) 557, voted to ratify an extension to their current agreement. The agreement is for a three-year contract extension through December 2015. The current contract would have become amendable on December 31, 2012.

"I want to congratulate both sides for ratification of a contract that delivers mutually beneficial enhancements to pay, benefits, and work rules for our Flight Crew Training Instructors, in exchange for increases in productivity and flexibility in scheduling," said Mike Van de Ven, Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. "Reaching an extension allows our Instructors to continue to focus on our current Pilot training needs, as well as prepare for the integration of the AirTran Pilots into the Southwest family over the next few years."

TWU 557 currently represents more than 70 Southwest Flight Crew Training Instructors.  

About Southwest Airlines

In its 40th year of service, Southwest Airlines continues to differentiate itself from other low-fare carriers--offering a reliable product with exemplary Customer Service. Southwest Airlines is the nation's largest carrier in terms of originating domestic passengers boarded and has recently acquired AirTran Airways, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co. Southwest serves 72 cities in 37 states and is one of the most honored airlines in the world known for its commitment to the triple bottom line of Performance, People, and Planet. To read more about how Southwest is doing its part to be a good citizen, visit southwest.com/cares to read the Southwest Airlines One Report(TM). Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates more than 3,400 flights a day and has more than 37,000 Employees systemwide.

SOURCE Southwest Airlines

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