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purposes, which is the step in the integration process that allows the various Southwest collective bargaining
units to represent AirTran Employees; (ii) determination of the appropriate “craft or class” for representational
purposes, including a determination of which positions are to be included within a particular craft or class; and
(iii) certification of the system-wide representative organization, if any, for each craft or class at the Company
following the merger.
Pending operational integration of AirTran with the Company, it will be necessary to maintain a “fence”
between Southwest and AirTran Employee groups subject to CBAs, during which time the Company and
AirTran will keep these Employee groups separate, each applying the terms of its own existing CBAs, unless
other terms have been negotiated. In the meantime, the Company has been negotiating transition agreements,
which modify existing CBAs to address circumstances unique to the transition process.
In September 2011, the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association (“SWAPA”), the union representing
Southwest Pilots, the Air Line Pilots Association (“ALPA”), the union representing the pilots of AirTran, and the
Company reached an agreement to integrate the two Pilot groups’ seniority lists. The agreement was approved by
SWAPA’s Board of Directors and ALPA’s Master Executive Council and was ratified by the membership of
each union in November 2011.
In December 2011, the Transportation Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 556 (“TWU 556”), the union
that represents Southwest Flight Attendants, the Association of Flight Attendants (“AFA”), the union that
represents AirTran Flight Attendants, and the Company reached an agreement to integrate the two Flight
Attendant groups’ seniority lists. The agreement was approved by TWU 556’s Executive Board and AFA’s
Master Executive Council and, in January 2012, was ratified by the membership of each union.
In December 2011, the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (“AMFA”), the union representing
Southwest Aircraft Mechanics, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 528 (“IBT 528”), the union
representing the AirTran Mechanics, and the Company reached a tentative agreement subject to a ratification
vote by the unions’ respective memberships. The agreement would integrate the two groups’ seniority lists and
also create a single labor agreement. The membership of each union is currently considering the tentative
agreement.
In December 2011, the Transportation Workers of America, AFL-CIO Local 557 (“TWU 557”), the union
representing Southwest Flight Instructors, an Employee Committee representing the Flight Instructors of
AirTran, and the Company reached an agreement to integrate the two groups’ seniority lists. TWU 557’s
Executive Committee and the Employee Committee representing the AirTran Flight Instructors voted to pass the
agreement forward to their respective members. The agreement was ratified by the respective memberships in
January 2012.
Additional Information About the Company
The Company was incorporated in Texas in 1967. The following documents are available free of charge
through the Company’s website, www.southwest.com: the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports that are filed with or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These materials are made available through the Company’s website as soon as
reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.
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