Your views please

[AA717driver]

I was always one of those that didn't want to be stuck in a certain type of airplane for ever. Once I got into the 717, that changed. I would have stayed in that until I retired.

What you enjoy about flying is very subjective. I still enjoyed the view(no matter how many times I've flown over Iowa...). I enjoyed hand flying approaches w/o the FD and working around thunderstorms(even though I hate the f***ers!).

Some people will be happy working at SWA, some won't but that's true of any situation. JMO.TC

 

[91100 100 set]

Wow, I saw this thread yesterday when it was about 4 hours old and nobody had touched it. I come back and today and it's got 30 replies.

 

[HPaul3]

I can understand an individual decidiing they didn't want too spend a career at a major like SWA because it didn't have the breadth of flying some other carriers might have. In specific international and long haul flying. If someone dreams of doing that, they should go for it, I don't think you should settle for something that won't make you happy in the long run even if it is a stable paycheck.

For me I realized quickly when I started flying at a regional that for me it was less about the type of plane or even the destination and more about the flying itself and the kind of people I work with. Because of that there is no better dream for me than SWA and I am still giddy to be treading water for SWA at this point.

Well said, Saab. I have many long-haul hours in AF airlifters, and I don't think I'll miss it too much when it's over. It's nice to go to Hawaii or Australia or Germany occasionally, but ten hours at cruise is ten hours at cruise. I'm really looking forward to SWA because the flying will be much more interesting and busy. Long-haul brings with it a whole list of physical and physiological stressors too: circadian rhythm disruption, long exposure to high-altitude radiation, dehydration, food and stomach problems, etc. I think flying for an operation like SWA will minimize all those things. Each to his/her own though! Cheers!

 

[PurpleTail]

[QUOTE=Dinger]The best airline to work for is............the one who hires you![/QUOTE]

How did everyone miss this post?? Dinger said it hands down...well, at least for the civilian types.

Back when I was a corporate jockey I had my app in with EVERYBODY. I updated regularly, kept in touch in ex-co-workers, did more networking, flew my a$$ off, etc, etc. All I wanted was a frickin' interview with one of the majors...any of them!

Luckily that day finally came and fortunately for me it was FedEx, thank goodness for the mail contract. I did have a Delta interview set up a couple of months later but 9/11 hit and all future interviews were cancelled.

So unless you are coming out of the military, and even those guys are lucky to get an interview right now, you take your shot when the phone rings cause you don't know when it might ring again. The "being picky" days are long gone.

 

[N8Dogg]

Amen!!

 

[HPaul3]

Yeah no kidding Purple. Kinda reminds me of the first few days of pilot training when EVERYBODY wanted to be a fighter pilot....until they barfed a few times in the plane or decided maybe this flying stuff wasn't as easy as it looked, and maybe that C-130 job wouldn't be so bad after all. A job with any major or national is a great thing in this environment. Can't blame the guy for dreaming though! Cheers