SWA class priority

[Mick Romans 9]

To all:

I spoke with a nice people dept lady named Kim who told me that I could expect a 29 Nov (if class is approved) class.

Interviewed: 07 APR 2004
Decision Board: 05 May 2004
Continue: 11 May 2004
B737 rating: 22 May 2004
In the pool: 01 June 2004

SWA uses rating date or interview date whichever is last. (mine being rating date of 22 May 04)

Sincerely,
Mick

 

[RVR300]

Date for what?

If you are talking about class seniority, it goes from oldest fart down to youngest lad by age.

 

[Stash]

Class piority

Date for what?

If you are talking about class seniority, it goes from oldest fart down to youngest lad by age.[/QUOTE]

Hey, I resemble that remark! BTW, Kim is "da bomb"

LUVin' life,

 

[saabcaptain]

They go by interview date or type rating date WHICH EVER OCCURS LATER.

 

[AT7^DRIVER]

Date for what?

If you are talking about class seniority, it goes from oldest fart down to youngest lad by age.

Most places don't use your birthday anymore since a pilot sued an airline over age discrimination. Alot of airlines use your social security number to determine seniority.

 

[Mick Romans 9]

SWA Captain,

The date is for class priority, not class seniority. I am aware of the oldest pilot in the class being the most senior in the class (like most airlines). I am just making the point that if you get hired without a B737 rating, you're rating date becomes your effective interview date. i.e. I interviewed 07 APR, but did not get a B737 rating until 22 May, so all of the interviewees that were interviewed after me up until 22 May will be assigned to a class before me.

Respectfully,
Mick

 

[English]

Most places don't use your birthday anymore since a pilot sued an airline over age discrimination. Alot of airlines use your social security number to determine seniority.

Who exactly is "most places?"

 

[RVR300]

Sorry Mick,

Misread your post. Unfortunately I don't know how they do that. When I got hired we had to have the type before they'd even look at us.

Good news is we're going to hire 2700 more guys between now and the end of 2008.

I'll ask around and see if I can find out the answer to your question.

>Most places don't use your birthday anymore since a pilot sued an airline over age discrimination. Alot of airlines use your social security number to determine seniority.<

AT7, sorry but SW still does it the old fashioned way. The old guys come first. The front row is basically "Retirement Row" since most of them up front are retired colonels. They have to be up front in order to see and hear the instructor.

 

[chase]

What'd you say?

 

[RVR300]

First Row
Second Row
Third Row
Fourth Row...

Unfortunately, I find I get closer to the front with each recurrent class.

 

[pilot370]

Hey Mick you got an interview w/o the type? If so thats the news i need to hear!

Since they are expecting to hire a lot in the next few years, will they start calling pilots w/o the type? I would prefer to get an interview first before I go and get my type.

 

[RVR300]

I would certainly hope so. There is an awful lot of talent out there, not all of whom can go and drop the cash (or get the timeoff) to get a type.

You'll still have to get the type when offered a job though, that won't go away.

Just one thing... leave any prior airline attitude, pentagon duty, or 'In the ____ (whatever I used to fly)... we used to do it this way' BEHIND!

 

[Stash]

F16 experiance

Just one thing... leave any prior airline attitude, pentagon duty, or 'In the ____ (whatever I used to fly)... we used to do it this way' BEHIND!

Come on RVR, I know for a fact that doing BFM, in an F16, going from 500kts to 100kts in about 30 seconds, pulling 9Gs, getting into a vertical stack or rolling scissors, getting a good tone with an AIM-9M but inside the DLZ, then pulling him into the funnel to finish him off with about 100 rounds of good ole 20mm HEI in the back of the skull directly translates to flying right seat in a 125,000# aircraft, carrying 130+ pax and a few thousand pounds of baggage/mail, into a short runway, down to CAT II (like I know what that is) mins. It's the same dude! Come on, (besides holding the record for a run on sentence) that has to translate, I'm sure I can do the training with no problem. What help could a 737 FO with 7000 hours be to someone like me? What's he got that I don't?

Ok, please, to those who have a distinct problem recognizing sarcasm, this was dripping.... Lighten up about the mil/civi angst. (previous posts, not this one)

Feelin' the LUV,