I-DALLAS, TX - I-Southwest Airlines namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba iya kwabelana ngeedola ezingama-620 ezigidi ngeSicwangciso sokwabelana ngeNzuzo kunye naBaqeshwa bayo ngo-2015-elingana ne-15.6 yeepesenti yembuyekezo efanelekileyo yoMqeshwa ngamnye, okanye elingana nomvuzo weeveki ezisibhozo. Lo mnikelo we-620 yezigidi zeedola-phantse i-1.7 yezigidi zeedola ngosuku-yeyona mali inkulu iyonke yedola yaseMzantsi-ntshona eyake yabelwa i-ProfitSharing. Le mali, eya kuxhaswa nge-29 ka-Epreli, ingaphezulu kweminikelo eyongezelelekileyo kwiSicwangciso kwiminyaka eyi-25 yokuqala (i-559 yezigidi zeedola ukusuka kwi-1974-1998). Ngaphezulu kwamashumi amane eminyaka, iminikelo yokwabelana ngenzuzo yaseMzantsi-ntshona iya kuba ngaphezu kwe-3.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola-kunye ne-1.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo (2011-2015).
“Emva kwayo yonke into ebalulekileyo yeSouthwest Airlines ibhiyozele—kwaye bebaninzi—Abaqeshwa bethu ngabona baqhubayo. Ndinebhongo kakhulu ngokuSebenza kunye neNtliziyo emva kwayo yonke impumelelo,” utshilo uGary Kelly, uSihlalo, uMongameli, kunye ne-CEO ye-Southwest Airlines. “Abantu bethu bakhe enye yezona nkampani zidumileyo ehlabathini, kwaye banesabelo kwimpumelelo yaseMazantsi-ntshona ngeli galelo lesithathu lilandelelana lokwaphula irekhodi lokwabelana ngengeniso.”
Xa lo mnikelo wokwabelana ngenzuzo wongezwa kwi-325 yezigidi zeedola zeNkampani kumdlalo weNkampani kunye nezinye iimali ezifakelwe kwizicwangciso zomhlalaphantsi ezikumazantsi ntshona, uMzantsi-ntshona uya kubavuza Abasebenzi ngenzuzo yomhlala-phantsi ka-2015 emalunga nezigidi ezingama-945 zeerandi. Ukongeza kwiminikelo yomhlalaphantsi, iSouthwest Airlines iphinde yatyala imali emalunga ne-672 yezigidi zeerandi kwezinye izibonelelo zaBaqeshwa ngo-2015, kubandakanywa ukhuseleko lwezempilo, kunye nezinye iinkqubo zentlalontle kunye nempilo. Lilonke, loo nto ingaphezulu kwe-1.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ezinikezelwe kubutyebi kunye nempilo yabaSebenzi baseMazantsi-ntshona ngo-2015 kuphela, ngaphezulu kwemivuzo esisiseko.
Umzantsi-ntshona waba ngowokuqala kushishino ukubonelela ngeSicwangciso sokwabelana ngenzuzo. NgeSicwangciso soKwabelana ngeNzuzo, abaSebenzi baseMazantsi-ntshona okwangoku bangaphezu kwesine ekhulwini sezabelo ezishiyekileyo zeNkampani.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- When this profitsharing contribution is added to the Company’s $325 million in Company match and other amounts contributed to the Southwest retirement plans, Southwest will have rewarded Employees with a 2015 total retirement benefit of approximately $945 million.
- Southwest was the first in the industry to offer a ProfitSharing Plan.
- This amount, which will be funded April 29, is more than the cumulative contributions to the Plan over the first 25 years ($559 million from 1974-1998).
