Southwest Crew Meals?

[Krunch]

Mike as always you have saved the best for last...
After 20 years of flying for Uncle Sam I have to believe that the work load at SWA will be a welcome change but not a huge shock to my personal work ethic. As I see it SWA has found a way to attract folks who no shiite have pride in what and how they do it and a team mindset that I don't hear about or see at the other folks employers...

Hoping to join the team...

"Krunch"

 

[FearlessFreep]

MLBWINGBORN,

I think that I like better what I heard from someone that started their class with United.

The instructor told all in attendance that they were LUCKY to be there. He said that with all that people have to do to get selected, interviewed and accepted it was LUCK that was the overriding factor. Just the shear number of applicants makes it difficult for them to choose the candidate. He said LUCK played a major part of the game.

There are many people out there that probably would make excellent employees for WN. I am sure that there have been many that have interviewed numerous times and have been rejected. It is the LUCK of being chosen out of thousands of applicants. All that you can do is go in with the best qualifications that you can muster that you feel would give you the best shot at scoring a career.

I have tried to soothe good well qualified people's feelings after having been rejected by WN. They usually take it strongly to heart. What pray tell can you tell from a person in an hour and a half? I have to remind people that they are being judged by 3 people that they seen individually no longer than half an hour.

Maybe the candidate answered one question wrong? Maybe they tried too hard to impress? Or maybe they just didn'tt shine well on that day or during the interview process?

Now for the other hard issue. Timing. Timing is everything and is not something that can be easily controlled or forecast. I doubt that anyone had the clairvoyance to predict 911 and the outcome. Just having the correct timing getting into this industry is tricky. There are many many people who got into it a time where they could breeze though the whole pilot track and score a job with the majors with less than 2000 hours, and yes some of these people are still working. I have known other people that spent many many years instructing or doing other entry level jobs because there was NOTHING out there. Is this their fault? Certainly not.

Do we get what we want or what would be best for us? No. It is all what you can get. We all just put all of our efforts into it and hope for the best.

It is all LUCK & TIMING!

 

[MLBWINGBORN]

Points well taken..

Food for further thought..

I perhapes was lucky when i got my first rating..Now..several ratings later..I tend to think i might know something about what im doing as opposed to being lucky on any given day..

If you are lucky enough to get a job at a major without any research or prep..Yeah..I would call that one luck..

If you land a job at a major after watching them,researching them,preping for them,and making sure you are qualified for the job because you have inside knowledge..I tend to think you may have in this case made your own version of "luck"..
Or at least had a hand in it..

As far as timing goes..

If you happen to be standing behind the door of the CPs office as he fires someone from a job you are qualified to do..Yeah..Thats what i would call luck..

If you happen to be in a position for the job opening because you have once again done your home work and been net working your butt off and you get the call five minutes before the guy gets fired so you can break all the local speed limits to get there before the door slams..Id say again you had a major hand in making your own "timing"...

I am the most unlikley person you would ever think of giving an airliner full of people to..
I was told at an early age that the closest i might get to a jet would be to drive a fuel truck on the ramp..Another long story that one...

Anyway...I must admit to a certain amount of luck and fortune in my life but the rest i can truly say was as a result of being one of the last ones to get back up after being kicked in the acorns by this thing we love..

And treating people the very best i could along the way every time i had the chance..

But when it came time for the next job..I researched and preped my A$$ off and for the most part i think thats why i got the jobs i did..

But..Then again..The job that had the most impact on my life as a pilot was as a result of buying a guy a 50 cent Cherry Coke..Five years later on a Sunday afternoon he called to offer me my first jet PIC job..

Luck..Timing?
Or just a guy that didnt have change one hot day at an airport and a young kid with only a dollar in quarters in his whole wallet that offered to share a bench and 50 cents with a stranger..

You make the call..

Be well...Prep well...and good luck with your timing..

Mike
MLBWINGBORN