100 unplanned new hires for SWA

[roughneck]

copied from SWAPA forum.

"For all this talk of no growth, a Chief Pilot told me today that they just got notified that the Company is going to hire 100 additional unplanned pilots next month."

 

[roughneck]

wow, not one response.

 

[Mike man]

Neat!

 

[MarineGrunt]

Does this mean pulling a 100 from the pool or throwing another 100 in?

 

[roughneck]

They would come from the pool, but they already have had 2 classes in Apr, apparently 4 in may, and at least one in June (june 4 to be exact).

they will need to interview sometime this summer to keep a healthy pool going. They are going to want to be able to ramp up in a hurry if opportunities arrise. There is approx. a 3 month turn around from interview to class if everything goes as planned. That means they won't let the pool get to shallow.

Good news if you are waiting to interview.

 

[lookin4better]

Has anyone seen on the FLTOPS.com Job Fair site that Southwest will talk to any 'Commercial Pilot'

I know that their hiring mins are more than that.....so why advertise lower times for people to come to the job fair?

Are they lowering mins? Just asking....

Fire away ;-)

 

[jehtplane]

wow, not one response.

Yippee!!!!!!!!

 

[On Your Six]

Probably due to the delay in disposing some of the 737-300s... That's what I heard.

 

[FlyingSig]

Probably due to the delay in disposing some of the 737-300s... That's what I heard.

Can't find buyers on A/C out of date on AD's? (chill it's a joke)

 

[canyonblue]

Can't find buyers on A/C out of date on AD's? (chill it's a joke)

We did, it was Delta, and the check bounced. (chill it's a joke)

 

[The Prussian]

Canyon's starting to get his mojo back!...

 

[slaquer5]

We did, it was Delta, and the check bounced. (chill it's a joke)

Now that was funny

 

[MJG]

They would come from the pool, but they already have had 2 classes in Apr, apparently 4 in may, and at least one in June (june 4 to be exact).

3 classes started in April and looks like 2 scheduled for May so far.

 

[Bobby Orr 4]

we are understaffed...

JAs every weekend in LAS. The money is nice but I prefer to choose to work on my days off. We need more pilots to cover our schedule.

 

[SkiFishFly]

Anyone know when interviews might start again?
How many are still in the pool?