Skyward

Sure you don’t have that backwards? Pretty sure SWA would insist you be there for your kid’s birth. Lol

flyguy81

I know guys given time off during training for their honeymoon, birth of a kid, funeral. They’ll tell you to give them a call when you want to come back and they’ll slot you in.

Get on the seniority list and figure the rest out later. There’s no issue getting leave with no pay for something important.

kc10/c130

I just about fell out of my chair laughing!!! As always, you are cracking me up. But that is easy to do on a Toluca layover. Keep em coming.

Albief15

Okay....slowly....

implies humor, joking, sarcasm, or just silliness.

I was kidding. I was there to cut the cord for all 3 of my daughters...suggest you do all you can to be there too for yours.

Seniority is important. (Read Timing your exit). Delaying class can cost you for decades. Right now I sit on the bubble of being able to hold a reserve line (a desired outcome) or not in Hong Kong by 1-2 numbers. This month I got the last one. It counts...even 16 years after being hired. Go if you possibly can...

Except....IF you are a wannabe somewhere else, have an interview, and do not want want to kill your bird in hand...then my (no smiley serious) advice is delay and put your 100% focus on the interview. You will do better, and you won't screw up your current indoc/sim training by being @$$holes and elbows during a very critical period at your new (in this case Swa) company. Get the job, or not...but show up wherever you get hired ready to learn. Washing out or getting fired on probation is very rare, but it does happen, and getting subsequent opportunities then gets much more difficult.

This advice is not SWA specific. I would tell a guy the same thing if he rolled a Delta class to interview at a carrier he wanted more. Protect the bird in hand. If you can complete training before the next interview...that is different. Hit the line, then go interview at your next place.

WDEInTexas

One number. My airline furloughed after 9-11 and I sat one number above the bottom for three years until people started coming back behind that. One class later and it would have been three years looking for another job.

WN WILL get you time off if you have a must attend event especially if let them know upfront about it and it isn't an interview elsewhere.

BarrySeal

Millennial ?

Qotsaautopilot

So you haven’t even applied? Are you expecting that they will call you for an interview as soon as you do? If so, I suggest you aply ASAP and worry about class dates if and when you even interview. Maybe I’m misunderstanding you.

flensr

Put down a realistic availability date and submit the app. Don't make it a drama, let the hiring people at SWA decide if your availability date is ok for any particular window.

at6d

Get the offer and then worry about it.

Skyward

Yeah, no kidding. It took me almost 10years to get a call with no blems, 121PIC, degree, etc.