The SWAPA Number
In each podcast we explore a number that will help us explain an issue that matters to our Pilots. This might be a scheduling metric, a Company financial number that impacts us, or anything else that has significance to us as SWAPA Pilots.
Podcasting since 2019 • 249 episodes
The SWAPA Number
Latest Episodes
14% (401K, Mike Haynes, Kevin Sheth)
Today's SWAPA Number is 14%. That's the amount that is recommended to ensure that you maximize your employee contributions and your catch-up contributions before your NEC caps out.So today we're sitting down with two of our resid...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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19:43
400 ( Training & Standards, Greg Bowen, William Bishop)
Today's SWAPA Number is 400. That's the number of new hires we expect on property during the first half of 2026. We're always happy to welcome new pilots to this airline, and these new hires will experience a training program that has gone thro...
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37:49
The SWAPA Ride Report: AUS & DRR, 401(k) Plan Changes, and the Road Ahead
The latest (and last) episode of the SWAPA Ride Report is up! To be clear, the regularly scheduled programming that is the SWAPA Number podcast will still continue. In fact, we will air our conversation with the SWAPA Training and Standards Com...
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12:30
10 (HIMS, Tom Stanley)
Today's SWAPA Number is 10. That's the percentage of the population that suffers from substance use disorder, and pilots are not an exception to that.So today we're talking to Tom Stanley, chair of the Human Intervention Motivati...
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30:51
The SWAPA Ride Report: Deadhead Self-Release, Training Move Up Preference and Contract Q&A
In this week’s edition, SWAPA Communication Committee Member Tony Mulhare discusses the recently implemented Deadhead Self-Release functionality in CrewHub and how to set your training move up preference on either your EFB or via SWALife. ...
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