SWA or CAL?

[145 Lawndart]

Hey rodeo are your initials MP?

 

[sleeves]

Saluki Dawg,

Yes, all my ref. were called. I have a good friend of the family who has been with SWA for 23 yrs. and he has told me that many of the cheif pilots are good friends of his and that he has talked to them about me and that my chances are good. But, on the other had, I know alot of great people that were turned down and this concerns me.

If there are any CAL or SWA pilots out there could you please give me some idea of your schedule? and what I could expect yrs 1-3?

thanks in advance

CRJsensa

Finished IOE at CAL in DEC. Hold a Convertion line in Jan with 17 days off, 77 hrs pay. We will see PBS sometime in the future and this will affect schedules.

 

[dink]

had the same decision in 2001 went with SWA. my class date there was 2weeks earlyer mabey made the decision a bit more easy.

anyway, I love it here, its been great for me and my family I feel very lucky.

CAL is a great company as well congrats...

might consider CAL has a pension, for now anyway. SWA 401K and profit sharing.

What kind of lifestyle to you want in the comming years? and how will it be influance by senority or lack there of?

what is the forcast growth and attrition like at CAL vs. SWA?

I know swa's growth is looking good. better senority better life style?

I dont think you can go wrong. Again Congrats good luck....

DONT COMUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

 

[TZtoSWA]

Remember that, as of late SWA is picking up only an average of about 10-15% of those that make it through the interview from the DB. Times are good for them to be very selective and they are! Good luck with your decision, I would definitely go with SWA if given the option, just don't burn bridges until you know that you have both to choose from!

Just flew with a CA who does interveiws. The hire rate right now is 37%.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

This story is inconclusive, but is the kind of stuff I would look at.



UPDATE 2-Continental loss narrows, stiff competition looms

Tue Jan 17, 2006 07:15 AM ET


NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported a smaller quarterly loss as higher revenue and cost cuts outweighed burgeoning fuel costs, but warned that strong competition was complicating its recovery.

The No. 5 U.S. carrier said its fourth-quarter net loss narrowed to $43 million, or 53 cents a share, from $208 million, or $3.16 a share, a year earlier.
Stripping out a one-time gain of $106 million from the sale of stock in Panamanian airline Copa and special charges of $21 million, the quarterly loss was $128 million, or $1.58 per share, better than Wall Street analysts' forecast of a loss of $1.85 a share.

Like other major U.S. airlines, Continental has been struggling with surging fuel costs, which increased 58 percent in the three-month period.

In March, most of its unions agreed to accept givebacks, worth a combined $418 million annually, in a step the Houston-based airline said was key to its survival. Wages, salaries and related expenses fell 11 percent in the quarter.

Its flight attendants, who had resisted the airline's calls to cut their paychecks, reached a deal with Continental in December and are slated to vote on it starting on Wednesday.

Revenue in the quarter rose 16.7 percent to $2.8 billion, helped by rising fares and growth in higher margin international routes, with new flights to destinations from Delhi to Buenos Aires.

But the Houston-based carrier warned that the horizon remains cloudy, especially due to stiff competition both from discount and traditional airlines.

"The price of oil still hovers at record high prices, JetBlue , has invaded our Newark hub, Delta is using its bankruptcy advantage to expand into our profitable international markets and United Airlines , flush with $3 billion in exit financing and greatly reduced costs, is coming out of bankruptcy," Continental Chief Executive Larry Kellner said in a statement.
Continental ended the quarter with about $1.96 billion in cash and short-term investments, with its war chest bolstered by a public offering of its stock and the sale of part of its stake in Copa.