SWA DB today..Let us know if you get it

[FlyAuburn]

I believe that laying down $7,000 for a career worth millions at a fantastic airline is a great bet. Unfortunatley, it seems you have better odds of getting hit by lightening than getting an interview with SWA if you dont have the type. It comes down to how bad you want it. In addition, I don't personally know one person that has bought the type and not been hired because of it at any airline. Just my 2cents.

Try AirTran. If they even smell that you have connections elsewhere...

 

[FlyAuburn]

Close to half of the pilots in my JetBlue class have 737 type ratings. We even have a guy that left SWA for JB.

That's awesome. I'll be there in 2 weeks.

 

[Whataburger]

Try AirTran. If they even smell that you have connections elsewhere...

Just had 3 good friends hired at AirTran. All had the 737 type.

 

[FlyAuburn]

Just had 3 good friends hired at AirTran. All had the 737 type.

I stand corrected. It's a weird system. My friends were shot down.

 

[Whataburger]

Who knows what anyones system is!!!
I have seen plenty of stand-up individuals shot down at many places.

 

[radarlove]

Close to half of the pilots in my JetBlue class have 737 type ratings. We even have a guy that left SWA for JB.

I hope they drug tested him, 'cause that's nuts.

 

[ivauir]

I hope they drug tested him, 'cause that's nuts.

I LUV my job, but if he is from NY it might make very good sense.

 

[Spooky 1]

6 PM Tuesday night, my call came! Not typed in the B737 but apparently they liked my overall experience. So the good news is, the calls are finally coming!

GVJeff you look like a very experienced fellow and probably no kid either. Can you explain in 25 words or less why you would leave a corporate position commensurate with you experience to go hopping around the countryside in a B737? Not begrudging you, and certainly not flaming anyone but a guy with your experience usually has gotten the airline bug out of his system by 23,000 hours.
Your experience would seem to counter what others on this board have posted.

BTW. Good Luck!

 

[radarlove]

I LUV my job, but if he is from NY it might make very good sense.

He'd have to live next door to the JFK parking lot for it to make sense to me.

 

[HoursHore]

I know people who wouldn't apply to FDX cause of the night thing.

I know people who wouldn't appy to SWA cause of the One plane all Domestic thing.

I know people who wouldn't apply to JB cause of the New York Thing.

Who knows why people do what they do.

 

[Swann757]

Got the letter here, too. I'm not real pleased; I really thought I did well. Guess there's next year... Argh.

If this is who I think this is, I am real sorry and frustrated and angry as well to hear the bad news. I was told last weekend by another over there who also was given the letter. You are one of the nicer one's over there so SWA must be in hard CAT 3 IMC not to see this in you to turn you away. Keep pressing on though.

In case you are trying to figure who this is, just think of a person who just recently left the company that rhymes with this screen name.

Swann

 

[Dolomite1and2]

Fawn? Fawn Liebowitz?! I thought you died in a kiln accident ...

 

[Big Iron]

Anybody else still waiting?

Been following this thread since it started, interviewed mid July. Still no word to continue or no thanks. Is there anyone else out there still patiently waiting and does anyone have any ideas on the reason for delay? I suppose no news is not bad news but this is starting to wear on me.
Congrats to all that got the call and regrets to those that will have to try again. Lots of good folks out there, it's good to see the mostly positive attitude in spite of the flavor of the news. Fly safe!

 

[LR45JI]

Resume Writer,
You are very correct.

I was just hired with a very large corp flight department and in my second interview with the DO, I was asked about my 737 type rating in great detail. I didn't take it personal as I understood his rational. As he put it: "Your young, have great experience and a 737 type rating. Looks like your going to SWA, so why do you want to work here at XYZ?"

Heck, they are about to spend 30K plus to send me to Dassault school, pay me well, fully funded pension as weell as 80% matching 401K......most of their pilots have been around 20+ years - they are looking for people who are "lifers" not "step ladders" and as the DO, he has the right to know and understand why I have a 737 rating.

Just like everything in my life, I just told the truth! It was time for me to move on from my current job and there were 2 options: 1.) SWA 2.) Here, but I didn't know when the opportunity would arise.

I was genuine and I think he understood that.

The fact of the matter is that at this point, I don't plan on leaving where I was just hired! If they didn't hire me - well, I had my 737 type rating and if something were to happen down the road, I have my 737 type and maybe some more options.

Congrats on getting hired. Since I work with pilot clients every day, I can attest to the fact that not only have they been ASKED about the 737 Type and why they got it, but not selected by other airlines / corporate jobs because of it.

The rationale, as stated before, is that after a year, you will leave if offered a job with SWA. No one wants to spend the money training someone that is going to leave. While employers may not have any loyalty toward the worker, they expect the worker to have loyalty to them.

This trend is not just happening in the airline industry.
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[dickie q]

I haven't heard anything yet either..........