Southwest crew bases

[SWA/FO]

The top ten are the eight crew bases plus LAX (#8) and San Diego (#10). Would it make sense for the next crew base be LAX or San Diego?

California taxes, not gonna happen

 

[jp1030]

From what I heard, BNA was in the running and got beat out by Vegas, so if we do announce 1 more base this year, it may be considered again. Never know. Nice thing is, (assume you live in BNA?) there are LOTS of flights to our various bases from there, it'd be a pretty easy commute.

Maybe to any base other than MDW...MDW is a bee-atch, especially in the summer. There's probably 140 pilots and three times as many flight attendants now commuting from BNA.

 

[Stinkbug]

Thanks everyone for the replies...got invited for an interview yesterday out of the clear blue, after over four years since originally submitting my resume. Just trying to catch up

 

[Whataburger]

spend some time on southwest.com. There's lots of history/information on there.

 

[jball2]

Commuter Policy

Our commuter policy is awesome! I had to use it yesterday as MDW had weather issues and was shut down most of the day. You only need to flights as stated above. I called after each flight that canceled and they were very understanding. Finally they just asked if I could catch my trip anywhere down the line and go there. So I did. No harm no foul.

 

[Sun Devil 2000]

Can anyone shed light on what it takes to get a call for an interview at SWA? There are lots of guys that I work with that have been called out of the blue without knowing anyone. Most of them were fairly close to 2000 turbine PIC so I'm assuming that is that the magic number.

On a side note, what are the chances of getting PHX as a FO base?

Thanks for the info.

 

[LearAv8r]

PHX should happen pretty quick if you so desire......

 

[FR8dognit]

Newhires are going straight to PHX in many cases. OAK is shrinking. Not a sure deal right out of the gate though...withing two months for sure.

 

[ERJpusher]

Had breakfast with Gary Kelly and Colleen the other day. Someone asked about new domiciles (specifically DEN and BNA). They point-blank said they were not considering any new domiciles.

 

[Sun Devil 2000]

LearAV8r:

Nice Avtar