Southwest Hiring 2019
02-18-2019, 08:29 PM
#213
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2013
Position: Gear Puller
Posts: 103
First, when you apply to the career website, the questionnaire asks you some eligibility questions. One of which is the 2,500 hours question. The last one asks if you’ve answered all the above truthfully. In any case, you’ll be ineligible if you don’t have the time.
Second, this is the statement on the pilot credentials website,
“Southwest Airlines is accepting new profiles only for pilot job seekers who meet basic minimum qualifications for Southwest Airlines pilot positions.”
Hope that helps answer your question.
02-20-2019, 01:43 PM
#218
Chief A'Hole
Joined APC: Aug 2015
Position: Barely Flying!
Posts: 402
You are due my friend! It is interesting, a buddy of mine got hired last year after 6 times I believe and told me that it came up in the interview about how persistent he was. They had every time he logged in to update his hours on the website logged lol.
DH
DH
02-20-2019, 06:37 PM
#219
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,383
I have 11 as well. On one of them (about two years ago), I decided it would be a good idea to "clean up" my ICIMS page and make it neater. So I withdrew on one of the older requisitions and quickly learned that was a mistake. If they ask me in an interview why I withdrew from that particular requisition, i'll just tell them i'm married to an attorney (who is constantly teaching me organizational skills) and she thought it would be a good idea to clean it up a little. True story! 
03-23-2019, 06:34 AM
#220
Furloughed Again?!
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Boeing 737
Posts: 4,804
FWIW Over on the union forum they’re speculating about being 1000 pilots overstaffed and possibility of a furlough within the next year. (In the AMFA & SWA agreement thread, starting around post #84)
It’s most likely all BS, but if you weren’t flying professionally in 99/00 when the last major hiring boom was exploding, it’s worth taking a cautious approach to carriers engaging in overhiring. One big black cloud force majeur event that sinks the economy will show the weakness in vulnerable carriers.
Yeah the pilot shortage will absorb a lot of the refugees in the event of a furlough, but you still don’t want to be the guy forced back into the job market.
It’s most likely all BS, but if you weren’t flying professionally in 99/00 when the last major hiring boom was exploding, it’s worth taking a cautious approach to carriers engaging in overhiring. One big black cloud force majeur event that sinks the economy will show the weakness in vulnerable carriers.
Yeah the pilot shortage will absorb a lot of the refugees in the event of a furlough, but you still don’t want to be the guy forced back into the job market.
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