And so it begins...

[Gutenberg]

Bleh... Baggage handlers here at SWA are some of the best paid in the industry. If they think unskilled labor deserves still more, maybe they should look elsewhere. I'm sure some of the factories or mills might be hiring.

Or get an education and a professional job.

Do you need a bachelor's to get on at SWA as a pilot? When did that become a requirement?

 

[pilotyip]

Do you need a bachelor's to get on at SWA as a pilot? When did that become a requirement?

No SWA is a smart airline they know a college degree has nothing to do with flying an airplane

 

[Nindiri]

Do you need a bachelor's to get on at SWA as a pilot? When did that become a requirement?

I don't know if it's required, but I suspect that the vast majority of new-hires will have one.

 

[pilotyip]

I don't know if it's required, but I suspect that the vast majority of new-hires will have one.

That is because almost everyone has one

 

[PCL_128]

That is because almost everyone has one

I think it also has to do with the computer. Everything is assigned a score. Remember, the computer selects people for interviews now by assigning everything a score. I'm betting the degree is worth a lot of points.

 

[jonjuan]

That is because almost everyone has to haveone

Fixed it for ya

 

[pilotyip]

Fixed it for ya

ha ha, we know that is not true

 

[relief tube]

Ehh...Bag handlers can be replaced. It doesn't exactly take a lot of training to sling bags. If they aren't happy with their pay, let them go find someone else that pays unskilled labor so well as SW.

Great attitude. You from a union shop or one of the kool aid drinkers somewhere else?

It's probably not all about pay but a bunch of other things too.

 

[waveflyer]

Yip,

A 4 year degree is preferred by the computer more than a type is for Swa.

It can be overcome with an applicants other achievements, but don't pretend that it's not a question that will have to be answered.

You're in the minority in this opinion yip.

 

[pilotyip]

Yip,

A 4 year degree is preferred by the computer more than a type is for Swa.

It can be overcome with an applicants other achievements, but don't pretend that it's not a question that will have to be answered.

You're in the minority in this opinion yip.

I agree, and have posted many times that is probably needed for the final step. But is has nothing to do with flying an airplane. The only colleges I have seen that ensure superiority airmanship are the service academies. As the pilot experience shortage grows we will see more and more non-grads getting the good jobs.

 

[ghostrider64]

I heard regionals have dumped their union baggage handlers, then they couldn't get the contractor to actually hire enough folks at $9/hr, so luggage is going missing. My guess is they can't get enough folks who can pass a piss test, and who doesn't have a record at $9/hr.

Sometimes short sightedness turns out to be tragically humorous.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

True....the ramp folks at SWA relaxed their scope clause in exchange for pay. This was in the last contract.

In fact, the head of the TWU called the then SWAPA President to get his opinion on the relaxing of scope for pay. The then SWAPA President strongly advised against that strategy.

I'm not against a worker asking for a raise, but these guys got a BIG raises for relaxing scope.

Now they want their scope clause back, to include additional pay.

A man much wiser than I used to say, " you've got to live with the results of your stupid decisions."

 

[Av8rPHX]

Wait...WN rampers clear 50k a year? I went to paramedic school which is about a year long and barely break 50k. More than i made at the airlines but still...

 

[pilotyip]

True....the ramp folks at SWA relaxed their scope clause in exchange for pay. This was in the last contract.

In fact, the head of the TWU called the then SWAPA President to get his opinion on the relaxing of scope for pay. The then SWAPA President strongly advised against that strategy.

I'm not against a worker asking for a raise, but these guys got a BIG raises for relaxing scope.

Now they want their scope clause back, to include additional pay.

A man much wiser than I used to say, " you've got to live with the results of your stupid decisions."

And a college degree has nothing to with smashing bags