SWA or DAL

[ACL65PILOT]

I have had an interesting development.
I have been hired by DAL and am waiting for a class. I just received an e-mail inviting me to a SWA interview in April. What are your thoughts on this. We would love to get back to TX, but is SWA a good move for someone who has a job at DAL and is one of the first 30 or so hired.


Anyone?

 

[Hutchman]

Go interview, SWA many make the decision for you. If you get hired by SWA, take it. Delta is far from out of the woods. It dosen't matter if you were the first 30 hired, you will be the first to go.

 

[737 Pylt]

Take the interview. If the worst thing in your career is that you have to decide between the 2, you're doing ok. Besides, if SW offers you a job, take it. The only places better than that are Fed Ex/ UPS.
Good luck

 

[capt. megadeth]

Definitely go to the interview. Don't worry about which one to pick unless you are hired but definitely go to the interview.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Funny thing is I will be in a early April class at DAL, and I do not have the type. Of course I will not know till May, and if I get the SWA job I will have to find the two weeks off to get the type during my first year at DAL.

 

[McNugget]

One lucky SOB

 

[capt. megadeth]

Funny thing is I will be in a early April class at DAL, and I do not have the type. Of course I will not know till May, and if I get the SWA job I will have to find the two weeks off to get the type during my first year at DAL.

Remember too that if you get hired, you will have 6 months to get the type. Don't put the cart before the horse.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I know that. All I was saying was that it will be difficult at best.

 

[densoo]

Remember too that if you get hired, you will have 6 months to get the type. Don't put the cart before the horse.

Isn't the junior equipment at DAL the 737?

Get the type at DAL and then go to SWA.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I do not think that they type the f/o's at DAL.

 

[Howard Hughes]

Congrats! These are some of the decisions one likes to have to make. Hey on a side note did I see you mention somewhere that DAL is now looking to hire in excess of 350 this year? Do you ever aspire for international or that wont matter to you? Cant argue with the pay at SWA right now thats for sure. I wonder if and when the larger equipment at DAL could have more earning power. Something to think about.

 

[slapstick]

i'd go to whoever has a base where you want to live. commuting for your next 30 years will suck hard. then again, if you go to SWA, 16 or 17 days off a month ain't bad for anyone...

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Those are my thought exactly. DAL is just coming out of a very dark time, but six years ago SWA could not beg pilots to come there. One wonders if that my be the case in the next six years.
I have always wanted to do Int'l flying, but the Mrs. is from Ft Worth and really would like to move back.
It is a nice place to be, but also one that keeps you up at night.

 

[Murphy]

Nice dilemma to be in. You need to go to the SWA interview. If you don't, you'll always be wondering "what if?" If offered a job by SWA, it sounds like you might go in that direction since you mentioned wanting to move back to Texas. There's nothing like working and flying where you want to live. Congrats on the offer from Delta.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

It is funny. When it rains it pours. I got hired by DAL and World, turned down an interview for Cathay and Jet Blue, and now I get offered this. It sure is a lot different than a few years ago.