Southwest Training

[Just thinking]

SWA van makes round trips from training center to DAL airport and GO. Hotel van makes runs to training center and DAL airport. There are shuttle from DAL to DFW. Once class gets settled have the leader speak with the instructors scheduled on Friday to look into the possibility of starting early and working through lunch. That should get you out of there by 1430. Makes for a better chance of a commute. Training center facilities are excellent. FRH is not that detailed. Download the AOM from Airtran to have for reference material. Excellent videos on systems on the training page on SWALIFE. You will become very proficient with the O2 mask. Seems like everything is for sale from another SWA pilot who has a second business. Window shades, luggage, study material, profiles, lunch boxes, 737 systems, day-glo socks.......
Don't worry about signing up for anything.... the union takes the liberty of reaching into your paycheck for everything..... you must opt out. Payroll is confusing for SWA. They don't understand that Airtran paid in arrears. Every class has a problem and every class they have to figure it all out again. The easiest is if you were to start class on the first of the month, every other start date will be more difficult.
Don't forget..... if you flew a complete schedule the month prior and then traveled to DAL to start on the first you are owed a travel day of pay. Or you can pick up a trip that they will have to drop to squeeze a bit more out of your Airtran pay.

 

[Ty Webb]

Of course he is, nobody gets a rental, anywhere.

When I was a newhire, half the class went to Miami for training. We got rental cars.

We only got $33.50/hr, but dammit, we had wheels, baby!!

 

[madjack]

Enterprise rental car center is across the street from hotel (Wyndham), out of area dudes can rent a car together at a weekly rate, well, worth it, for a couple of weeks anyway...

 

[XGmaninGA]

I'm planning on driving. I want wheels for two months.

 

[tankerhead]

SWA picks up the hotel bill?

 

[Bake]

Yes, but not the bar tab dammit

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

You can go into the "SWAlife" (after you set it up)web site and under travel look for industry deals and it shows car rentals and the prices are very good especially for weekends. There is also the DART line close to the hotel "Inwood/Love field 5 minutes form the hotel on Inwood Rd and Denton Dr.

 

[intooclose]

When I was a newhire, half the class went to Miami for training. We got rental cars.

We only got $33.50/hr, but dammit, we had wheels, baby!!

Seriously Ty you are reeeeeally reaching with that one. I almost forget Airtran is better than Southwest until you come along. Again you provided NO useful information.

 

[Ty Webb]

Seriously Ty you are reeeeeally reaching with that one. I almost forget Airtran is better than Southwest until you come along. Again you provided NO useful information.

Sure I did, a-hole. Someone said no airline provides rental cars during training. Fact is, Airtran did. If you don't like my posts, don't read them.... and if you have a deeper issue with me, and I'm starting to think you do, pm me your number and you can tell me all about it.

 

[madjack]

He did say the pay was worse at AAI...

 

[tankerhead]

Plus he used a smiley-face thingie, you humorless a-hole loser.

 

[SELFloadingCRGO]

Spouse is optional...I didn't bring mine. Set your 401K at 10% so you get the full 9.3% match. Do Pilot Mutual Aid...once you opt out you can't get back in. Don't do the life insurance...if you get sick, it drops after you drop off the rolls and your family gets nothing. AD&D is a good deal. Choice Plus medical if you have a family and you use medical/RX coverage....it's in the high 200's/month now. Dental is good. We do vision insurance but never use it so it's probably a waste. Don't study ahead...it's an airliner with gear, flaps, engines and wheels...no big deal.

Could you clarify that a bit? Are you saying if you medical out you lose your life insurance?


SLC

 

[doh]

Seriously Ty you are reeeeeally reaching with that one. I almost forget Airtran is better than Southwest until you come along. Again you provided NO useful information.

Read the thread. Ty was trying for a little levity. You are being an ***hole.

 

[BigEasy]

Could you clarify that a bit? Are you saying if you medical out you lose your life insurance?


SLC

My understanding is if you medical out the premiums would be so expensive it would not be worth it. I don't mind the insurance if something should happen to me unexpectedly but I am looking for another plan to cover me if I do go out on medical.

 

[Remington]

My understanding is if you medical out the premiums would be so expensive it would not be worth it. I don't mind the insurance if something should happen to me unexpectedly but I am looking for another plan to cover me if I do go out on medical.

Obamacare?

 

[FlyinGuy]

SWA offers life and AD&D. You have the option to purchase these items at different amounts every year during annual enrollment. The life insurance is a good deal if you.....well.......go quickly. Like within the year. If you get a long term illness, when the new enrollment period comes around you will have the option to continue on the SWA life insurance at a very high rate. So, many will tell you to shop elsewhere for your life insurance needs. I believe SWAPA has a plan that they worked through an insurance company but I don't use that one.

 

[USARET]

So i'm off to Dallas for training. Can anyone give me a good idea of what to expect? I am coming from the Airtran side. What is the schedule like? What monthly guarantee do training pilots get? Does the spouse still come for the first few days? Just all the good info please. Please don't spin off into the AirTran vs Southwest crap, not interested in that stuff. Thanks

A spare liver would have been helpful.

 

[Slug]

Regarding the bar tab, the beer is free from 5 - 6 p.m. and there are free horse duvers until 7 p.m. Don't forget to tip, please. The gals are great and provide great free beer service.

This is at the Wyndham.


slug

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Your going through what every other SWA pilot went through...sans probation And a 10k bill for a type...

Let's throttle back a bit...not every SWA Pilot paid 10k for a type....a whole bunch of us got a type from a former employer. Some even worked in the Tng Ctr as Instructors and were given the type as part of becoming an Instructor....

There has never been a requirement to buy a type to be hired or interviewed by SWA. The only requirement was to have a type.

Buying a 737 type was a choice that many made based on their own wants or desires for their futures...but it was a choice they made for themselves.

 

[ROSWELL41]

You're kidding, right?

No, just wondering. I got a rental car as a newhire at Spirit paid for by Spirit.