Today, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) filed a request with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to be officially released from mediation. SWAPA and Southwest have been in negotiations for a new contract for more than three years and in federal mediation since September 2022. ...

Today, SWAPA President Captain Casey Murray issued a call for a Strike Authorization Vote from the Association's membership. This historic action on the part of the pilot union comes in the wake of Southwest's largest meltdown and the utter lack of meaningful progress on a contract negotiation,...