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Read the rest of my post...it was just a friendly joke, geeeze
 
AirBadger said:
26 is pretty young. Wonder how he/she pulled that off.
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I have a few friends that got hired at SWA at 26-28 years old. A few of them just got lucky with the 1000 PIC turbine by upgrading at their commuter at 1-1.5 years. They got their type and got hired with around 4500 TT.
 
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Scrapdog said:
All in all, there are some very solid, outstanding civ guys I've trained with. But SWA/FO is "that guy" that gives civilian guys a bad name. I do take that sh*t seriously, because he is the reason why we have that rift going between the civ/mil thing.:puke:
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Did you ever think that maybe you are "that guy" that gives all military guys a bad name?:)
 
I am in the penalty box

Interviewed with more than the minimum, typed with 121 PIC. The interview made me want SWA more than before. I keep the faith and just keep building time. You never know what the P.D. looks for, but persistance can't hurt.


Goodluck Everyone SWA is the place to be
 
GuppyWN said:
It's well known that SWA is very military friendly.
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Oh really? SWA might be a military friendly employer as a whole, but according to my sources and compared to other 121 carriers, it is not military friendly toward guard/reserve pilots - despite the flight ops self-promotion that you might hear. Ask a DAL guy for example about the process to drop a trip to work for the military and compare it to SWA. Or, SWA's "unofficial" ( because it would violate USERRA) one trip drop per month policy.

Maybe there is a reason SWA is hiring more civilian than military these days. Would also be illegal, but they don't have to say why the monthly hiring list is what it is.

I'm sure the military haters will jump in now to claim all us part time military guys scam the system, but I'd like them to try doing both jobs for a few months to see how it works out.
 
Goodluck Everyone SWA is the place to be
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thats the fact jack!

Civilians (in most cases) are unable to fly on the side to make $ or secure a retirement plan. Military guys are just workin' their plan. Nothing wrong with working a plan.
 
Benjamin Dover said:
Oh really? SWA might be a military friendly employer as a whole, but according to my sources and compared to other 121 carriers, it is not military friendly toward guard/reserve pilots - despite the flight ops self-promotion that you might hear. Ask a DAL guy for example about the process to drop a trip to work for the military and compare it to SWA. Or, SWA's "unofficial" ( because it would violate USERRA) one trip drop per month policy.
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Don't know about DAL, but I fill out the online form and my trip goes away. It seems pretty easy to me. I've never heard of the one trip policy, I've dropped more many times without incident.

That said, I have heard some bases CP's have been leaning on the new hires not to drop too many trips. Guess that's the reason they stopped having the CP's deal with mil drop.
 
some are scammers.....
 
As for the age thing. The class that started today, there are 4-5 that are under the age of 30, the youngest being 27.
 
T1bubba said:
Don't know about DAL, but I fill out the online form and my trip goes away. It seems pretty easy to me. I've never heard of the one trip policy, I've dropped more many times without incident.

That said, I have heard some bases CP's have been leaning on the new hires not to drop too many trips. Guess that's the reason they stopped having the CP's deal with mil drop.
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I think you are misinformed if you don't think the CP's deal with the mil drop. Ask your chief sometime to see if the secretary just forwards the form to scheduling and the trip goes away or if every trip drop goes thru a chief or asst. chief before it gets to scheds. That is the first difference.

Also, when does your trip go away so you can plan your life? Immediately? Or if you don't do it shortly after your lines come out in the middle of the month prior, does the trip not go away until a week or so prior? And, why the big online form each month?

Anyway, your trip gets dropped, you do your mil just the same in the end - but SWA is not the easy mil leave place they profess it to be.

One trip drop company policy is straight from the mouth of one of your chiefs - SWA is your primary job and that is what flight ops thinks is "fair". Congrats on not getting the call.
 
Benjamin Dover said:
I think you are misinformed if you don't think the CP's deal with the mil drop. Ask your chief sometime to see if the secretary just forwards the form to scheduling and the trip goes away or if every trip drop goes thru a chief or asst. chief before it gets to scheds. That is the first difference.

Also, when does your trip go away so you can plan your life? Immediately? Or if you don't do it shortly after your lines come out in the middle of the month prior, does the trip not go away until a week or so prior? And, why the big online form each month?

Anyway, your trip gets dropped, you do your mil just the same in the end - but SWA is not the easy mil leave place they profess it to be.

One trip drop company policy is straight from the mouth of one of your chiefs - SWA is your primary job and that is what flight ops thinks is "fair". Congrats on not getting the call.
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Your info is outdated. There is a retired captain in DAL that deals with all mil drop now. Don't know his name because I've never had to talk to him. I've been here for four years and have never had an issue, but as I mentioned before I know that some CP's were leaning on the new guys not to drop too much.

We have twenty some CP's and ACP's. Some are more mil friendly than others, so the company went to a central contact point to eliminate any inconsistency.
 
Anyone got any info on the average times for those without types? Currently sitting at 6000TT with 2600 PIC. Wondering if I am getting close?? Thanks.
 

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