Southwest Airlines and pilots reach tentative agreement

Southwest Airlines has announced a new tentative agreement with the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association (SWAPA), the Union that represents the company’s pilots. SWAPA’s Board of Directors reviewed an agreement in principle that negotiators reached earlier this month and decided to conduct a ratification vote that could end more than three years of negotiations. Southwest said the agreement offers wage increases and work-rule changes that will benefit the pilot group and position the airline to continue its expansion both domestically and internationally. “I am encouraged that the Union’s Board of Directors has chosen to put this agreement in front of our