A10puppy
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Hi All: Just found out this info in the last few days while I was in DAL for a PC. SWA will hire 400+ this year. 200 or less in the pool should be picked up by mid July. There will be two classes per month of 24 for a total of 48 per month. New hires will be trained in the new “SNORT” procedures, which is a new and improved checklist and operational program SWA is implementing on April 24. That why they won’t have any class until March. There is a new interview system. Two part interview AM/PM, morning is the traditional 3 single interviews (2 Pilots one HR type) 45 min long. Something new is the pilot that checked log books will now also talk to the interviewee for another source of input into the hiring process. The big change is the second part where you will be in a paper trainer as the Captain and given a generic aviation flying related problem. This problem has to be solved with your decision-making skills and CRM. B-737 specific knowledge is not important but what is important is how you make decisions and how you relate to the two other members of this exercise, your Copilot and Dispatcher. Both positions being played by SWA interview pilots. I don’t know if it will be more that one scenario in the paper trainer. But a good example of a possible scenario is a low fuel situation and a divert to an alternate. My guess is that one is gong to be a sure fire scenario for decision making skills and how you use your resources to solve the problem. Hope is info helps those of you that are contemplating a future at SWA. Good Luck