Growth finally for SWA

[LearLove]

That we are adding seats but no hulls. Flattish quo

reminds me of the time:

During the "company presentation" part of my interview with AirTran back in Feb 2001 Jill N tried to sell us "growth". I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box (back then or now) but the info sheet she handed out had (at the time) data on 50 717 orders replacing 50 DC-9's. I scratched my head but kept my mouth shut. It wasn't until after a few questions by other interviewees that Jill reveled the "growth" was in the increased seats on the 717 compared to the DC-9.

I still have the image of the CC Air guy's face siting next to me at that conference room table in the Air INC HQ in ATL where AirTran interviewed back then. He was like, "WTF, we aren't even working here yet and they are already hitting us with smoke and mirrors".

And just for sh1ts and giggles - where would a guy be today in the AT/SWA mix had he/she taken an April 9th, 2001 class at AT?

 

[StopNTSing]

Right around 50% system seniority.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Right around 50% system seniority.

Ouch. That will leave a mark.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

That's nothing. I was June 98 at AirTran. When I got furloughed in October 98' I went to USAir in Jan 99.

Didn't accept recall at either of them.

If I'd gone back to AirTran I'd be pretty senior.

If I'd gone back to USAir I'd be wearing an AA badge soon.

The moral of the story is, always take your recall. A bird in the hand... Etc.

Don't be like me. Get cable.

 

[HDA]

That's nothing. I was June 98 at AirTran. When I got furloughed in October 98' I went to USAir in Jan 99.

Didn't accept recall at either of them.

If I'd gone back to AirTran I'd be pretty senior.

If I'd gone back to USAir I'd be wearing an AA badge soon.

The moral of the story is, always take your recall. A bird in the hand... Etc.

Don't be like me. Get cable.

That right there made me laugh out loud!

 

[humveedriver]

That's nothing. I was June 98 at AirTran. When I got furloughed in October 98' I went to USAir in Jan 99.

Didn't accept recall at either of them.

If I'd gone back to AirTran I'd be pretty senior.

If I'd gone back to USAir I'd be wearing an AA badge soon.

The moral of the story is, always take your recall. A bird in the hand... Etc.

Don't be like me. Get cable.

Where are you now?

 

[FurloughedAgain]

At the bottom of a very long list, and still very happy to be here.

 

[LearLove]

Ouch. That will leave a mark.

Well, yes and no. See profile to left. 25 years to go. The lady hasn't sung yet.

 

[LearLove]

At the bottom of a very long list, and still very happy to be here.

I'm glad you are where you are. You made the best decisions you could based on the information you had at the time. Everything else was out of your hands.

I may have never taken the MDA position in 04 had I not been kicked out of the left seat at ALG with no re-upgrade insight. That would have been a big ouch.

I'd take being the worst ham fisted pilot with luck over being the ace if the base with no luck any day in this career.