Swa Pool 2

[RDG]

Wow that could be 48 more in May. Anyone at SWA able to shed light on why the need for so many? Could some of the delivery a/c be coming for summer?

Great news for poolies, good luck!

My last block of 5 days off scheduling called three times trying to JA me. My theory is lance captains are picking up as much CA time as possible and apparently are successful, leaving lots of uncovered FO trips. We are a little short.

 

[Mickey D]

Could someone please private message me Ronna's phone # in the People Dept? I haven't touched base in a few months and a few of my old phone #'s were lost in the transfer to a new cell phone. Thanks!

 

[MJG]

I did some checking and there are roughly 45 poolies between myself and the last guys to get into the April 23rd class.

So looking at the unofficial pool kept on here, that's about a factor of 1.3 between where I am at on the actual pool list and the list here.

So just take your number on this list, times 1.3 and that is a pretty good estimate of your number in the actual pool.

Sounds like about 10 so far have defered/declined so if anything my numbers are extra conservative.

So if they run two classes in May, I think I would make the second one with a pool date of 6/17/07

 

[MJG]

Oh yea, RDG..........love the avatar! Cracks me up!

 

[BE200drvr]

I did some checking and there are roughly 45 poolies between myself and the last guys to get into the April 23rd class.

So looking at the unofficial pool kept on here, that's about a factor of 1.3 between where I am at on the actual pool list and the list here.

So just take your number on this list, times 1.3 and that is a pretty good estimate of your number in the actual pool.

Sounds like about 10 so far have defered/declined so if anything my numbers are extra conservative.

So if they run two classes in May, I think I would make the second one with a pool date of 6/17/07

Thanks so much. Congrats to all poolies drying off and to those wil be handed a towel in May !!

 

[Matrix]

Just to clarify, you mean all current pilots at the company and not anyone in the pool correct?


SLC

Anyone on property. Those in training over the next few months will even have to back into the sim for this training.

 

[DesertDuck]

Talked to PD today. May classes are scheduled for the 14th and the 28th.

24 in each class.

 

[Tanker Clown]

Talked to PD today. May classes are scheduled for the 14th and the 28th.

24 in each class.

That's great guys. I'm glad to hear that my "source" has been wrong lately.

 

[GFunk20]

You aren't lying Tanker. Time to fire whoever the heck is giving you your information.

Like TankerClown said on 2/18/08:

"I would imagine, that there probably won't be anyone else from the pool called this year."

 

[BE200drvr]

Historically speaking SWA has always charged ahead in rough times. Anyone smarter than myself care to shed light on if SWA plans to capitalize on Skybus going out of business, all legacy carriers reducing domestic capacity, and possibly going after Virgin Amer.? and what that would mean for class dates and draining the pool?

 

[captain dad]

Historically speaking SWA has always charged ahead in rough times. Anyone smarter than myself care to shed light on if SWA plans to capitalize on Skybus going out of business, all legacy carriers reducing domestic capacity, and possibly going after Virgin Amer.? and what that would mean for class dates and draining the pool?

WOW!!

 

[waveflyer]

WOW!!

what's "wow" mean?

You think that southwest went into SFO to compete w/ UAL and AA? No -- maybe they're going after Cathay? They're there for virgin.

Those commercials about the nickel and diming for services-- think those were aimed at legacies who charge for snack boxes or at Skybus for charging for checked bags? WN competes w/ LCC's

It's a fair question- i would guess it's good for southwest overall- but it really sucks for aloha and ata pilots. Those were good careers for a long time. skybus... well employees there knew they were taking a pretty big risk... cmh-st augustine? w/ stairs on a ramp...

 

[BE200drvr]

It's unfortunate it is cut-throat business, however, the thought process goes back a long way. I realize it may be hard to talk about business in this way especially when fellow employees and families are enduring hardships. I am still interested in the business mindset of SWA and their business plans in such a volatile state of the industry?

 

[redflyer65]

BE200 is right. If you look at the history of SWA, they usually pounce on any opportunity they see to grow domestically. The two cities that come to mind are BNA and STL when AA cut back.

I'm more interested to see how SWA reacts to a DL/NW merger....

Time will tell.

 

[crj410]

Alittle off the topic, but I have been trying to find if Southwest has a training pay or is it the first year pay times the guarantee for the month, can anybody shed any light on this