Originally Posted by grumman

Appreciate the pat on the back Sky King - glad I hit the number when I rolled the dice.

The person that started this thread wanted it set up so others would know when calls started. Sorry I even brought up the "magic".

G.

Originally Posted by skybolt

There is no magic. However, LUCK is quite important. Until the prep services find a way to help you choose your PD interviewer, LUCK will continue to play a major role in the way SWA hires pilots. The pilots are trying to play in someone elses park (HR) so they are mostly trying to get to know you instead of reading the tea leaves that prove your personality type that the TMAAT process is intended to accomplish. The PD people, on the other hand, are attempting to eliminate you. If you get lucky and draw a PD interviewer having a good week, you'll do OK. If you happen to get a PD interviewer who just got dumped by a pilot, or who enjoys the power of their position, you might have a slightly more difficult time. Nothing else explains SWA's hiring decisions; enough inconsistency exists to point to luck as a major determining factor.

Asbestos underwear firmly in place.
Skybolt

Originally Posted by Spanky189

Relax, the SW pilot group doesn't want people like the way you sound. They want competant pilots without attitude. They want guys who are proven pilots, good leaders, laid back, want to work for the good of the 'company', ...

That's what makes our company great! I hope that they continue the hiring practice as they have to minimize people with 'chip's on their shoulders' like you seem to have.