Flight instructor interview
08-09-2023, 10:07 AM
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Flight instructor interview
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INTERVIEW
SOURHTWEST AIRLINES
8/2023
The interview was conducted by David Colunga via a Phone Screen DMC. The phone rang at the appointed time and the voice on the other end greet me with the following salutation, "HEY THERE". Frist impression of Southwest Airlines and Mr. Colunga was not very impressive with a greeting of HEY THERE. You, the applicant have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of building flight time to arrive at this point in your careeer, your expecting the courtesy of a professonal interview.
I provided a completed application, along with a detailed Resume to Mr. Colunga. Mr. Colunga had at his disposal my entire work history along with a detail history of schools and education. After fumbling with words like, "it's all good." Mr. Colunga asked if I would go over my resume with him, give him a summary of my resume. This year marked my 50th year in aviation, a quick glance at my resume would have revealed to him that I had retired from United Airlines in good standing after 30 years of service as a Pilot. You would think that after 30 years of working for one company that he would have been happy with my work experice.
This is were I was ready to end the interview, this guy really showed that he did not read, review any of the information that had been provided to him in regrads to my experince or back ground and that he had no understanding of aviation. We went through the litany of each job that I had over the 50 years and what have I been doing since I retired. It really became evident that this guy did not have a clue, when he asked the following two questions.
Keep in mind, he is looking at my resume, I explained to him that I was a Captain for United on the B-737, my last flight was from Boston to IAH my last job was as a Captain on a B-737 at United Airlines. His next question is the following. "DO YOU HAVE A TYPE RATING IN THE B-737." Wait, it gets worse, "DO YOU HAVE A AIRLINE TRANSPORT TYPE CERTIFICATE."
This is the guy you have to get through to get to the school house job. Now comes the time that I get to ask questions.
1) Please explain the compensation package for the training Department?
It was pertty short answer, you are paid $72.24 per hour and you are guaranteed 8 hours of pay per day when you come in.
2) Please explain how we are scheduled to work?
The schedule is posted on the 23rd of the month for the following month. (it's like pulling teeth, one word answers not much information)
3) OK, you state that you get 8 hours per day pay when you work, does SWA offer a minum number or a quaranteed number of pay days.
Get ready for this one, "NO" (Now if by chance I got this wrong please correct me, cause I still can't believe this is correct.)
It goes on, parking, hotels, meals non of it gets any better. Their asking you to move there with no pay guaranteed, you could end up with 5 days of work, do the math that's $3,000 est. You could have a full month then the next mont they may be slow on training events and you sit at home. I am having a hard time believing this, please somebody, somebody tell me this isn't so and correct me.
SOURHTWEST AIRLINES
8/2023
The interview was conducted by David Colunga via a Phone Screen DMC. The phone rang at the appointed time and the voice on the other end greet me with the following salutation, "HEY THERE". Frist impression of Southwest Airlines and Mr. Colunga was not very impressive with a greeting of HEY THERE. You, the applicant have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of building flight time to arrive at this point in your careeer, your expecting the courtesy of a professonal interview.
I provided a completed application, along with a detailed Resume to Mr. Colunga. Mr. Colunga had at his disposal my entire work history along with a detail history of schools and education. After fumbling with words like, "it's all good." Mr. Colunga asked if I would go over my resume with him, give him a summary of my resume. This year marked my 50th year in aviation, a quick glance at my resume would have revealed to him that I had retired from United Airlines in good standing after 30 years of service as a Pilot. You would think that after 30 years of working for one company that he would have been happy with my work experice.
This is were I was ready to end the interview, this guy really showed that he did not read, review any of the information that had been provided to him in regrads to my experince or back ground and that he had no understanding of aviation. We went through the litany of each job that I had over the 50 years and what have I been doing since I retired. It really became evident that this guy did not have a clue, when he asked the following two questions.
Keep in mind, he is looking at my resume, I explained to him that I was a Captain for United on the B-737, my last flight was from Boston to IAH my last job was as a Captain on a B-737 at United Airlines. His next question is the following. "DO YOU HAVE A TYPE RATING IN THE B-737." Wait, it gets worse, "DO YOU HAVE A AIRLINE TRANSPORT TYPE CERTIFICATE."
This is the guy you have to get through to get to the school house job. Now comes the time that I get to ask questions.
1) Please explain the compensation package for the training Department?
It was pertty short answer, you are paid $72.24 per hour and you are guaranteed 8 hours of pay per day when you come in.
2) Please explain how we are scheduled to work?
The schedule is posted on the 23rd of the month for the following month. (it's like pulling teeth, one word answers not much information)
3) OK, you state that you get 8 hours per day pay when you work, does SWA offer a minum number or a quaranteed number of pay days.
Get ready for this one, "NO" (Now if by chance I got this wrong please correct me, cause I still can't believe this is correct.)
It goes on, parking, hotels, meals non of it gets any better. Their asking you to move there with no pay guaranteed, you could end up with 5 days of work, do the math that's $3,000 est. You could have a full month then the next mont they may be slow on training events and you sit at home. I am having a hard time believing this, please somebody, somebody tell me this isn't so and correct me.
08-10-2023, 10:47 AM
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during my last training even one of the instructors was already leaving for AA. The second instructor was the guy that was just training for his new job and SW. The were both openly talking about they have no such thing as a schedule and the many months were scheduled with 2 days off per week and on the days you would be commuting back to dallas. The SW training and scheduling dept (they do have a new bud light kinda of name, but i don't know it) is one of the most ****ed up things about SW. They are free to steal days off from both the pilots and the instructors and pretty much are above all rules. I have gotten a call from a CP within 5 minutes of me questioning them. The call started with the CP asking me "so what is your problem." This is not a happy place. You should look really hard to find work somewhere else.
08-10-2023, 11:00 AM
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during my last training even one of the instructors was already leaving for AA. The second instructor was the guy that was just training for his new job and SW. The were both openly talking about they have no such thing as a schedule and the many months were scheduled with 2 days off per week and on the days you would be commuting back to dallas. The SW training and scheduling dept (they do have a new bud light kinda of name, but i don't know it) is one of the most ****ed up things about SW. They are free to steal days off from both the pilots and the instructors and pretty much are above all rules. I have gotten a call from a CP within 5 minutes of me questioning them. The call started with the CP asking me "so what is your problem." This is not a happy place. You should look really hard to find work somewhere else.
08-10-2023, 12:00 PM
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during my last training even one of the instructors was already leaving for AA. The second instructor was the guy that was just training for his new job and SW. The were both openly talking about they have no such thing as a schedule and the many months were scheduled with 2 days off per week and on the days you would be commuting back to dallas. The SW training and scheduling dept (they do have a new bud light kinda of name, but i don't know it) is one of the most ****ed up things about SW. They are free to steal days off from both the pilots and the instructors and pretty much are above all rules. I have gotten a call from a CP within 5 minutes of me questioning them. The call started with the CP asking me "so what is your problem." This is not a happy place. You should look really hard to find work somewhere else.
08-10-2023, 12:32 PM
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I treat training scheduling like a dog turd stuck to my boot. Disdain and disgusted that I even have to deal with them. I give zero consideration to the extra work I cause them. They operate as though their precious CQT schedule is the highest priority for everyone around this place and sometimes you just have to remind them that other people have other priorities. Like time away from work.
08-10-2023, 01:59 PM
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Sorry you feel this way, only posted to warn others that may be considering a job with your ******* company. As far as David Colunge, he is an idiot and a waste of my time. If this is the way you treat one another on this fourm you can kept it to yourself. This seems to be the culture of your airline.
08-10-2023, 02:23 PM
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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INTERVIEW
SOURHTWEST AIRLINES
8/2023
The interview was conducted by David Colunga via a Phone Screen DMC. The phone rang at the appointed time and the voice on the other end greet me with the following salutation, "HEY THERE". Frist impression of Southwest Airlines and Mr. Colunga was not very impressive with a greeting of HEY THERE. You, the applicant have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of building flight time to arrive at this point in your careeer, your expecting the courtesy of a professonal interview.
I provided a completed application, along with a detailed Resume to Mr. Colunga. Mr. Colunga had at his disposal my entire work history along with a detail history of schools and education. After fumbling with words like, "it's all good." Mr. Colunga asked if I would go over my resume with him, give him a summary of my resume. This year marked my 50th year in aviation, a quick glance at my resume would have revealed to him that I had retired from United Airlines in good standing after 30 years of service as a Pilot. You would think that after 30 years of working for one company that he would have been happy with my work experice.
This is were I was ready to end the interview, this guy really showed that he did not read, review any of the information that had been provided to him in regrads to my experince or back ground and that he had no understanding of aviation. We went through the litany of each job that I had over the 50 years and what have I been doing since I retired. It really became evident that this guy did not have a clue, when he asked the following two questions.
Keep in mind, he is looking at my resume, I explained to him that I was a Captain for United on the B-737, my last flight was from Boston to IAH my last job was as a Captain on a B-737 at United Airlines. His next question is the following. "DO YOU HAVE A TYPE RATING IN THE B-737." Wait, it gets worse, "DO YOU HAVE A AIRLINE TRANSPORT TYPE CERTIFICATE."
This is the guy you have to get through to get to the school house job. Now comes the time that I get to ask questions.
1) Please explain the compensation package for the training Department?
It was pertty short answer, you are paid $72.24 per hour and you are guaranteed 8 hours of pay per day when you come in.
2) Please explain how we are scheduled to work?
The schedule is posted on the 23rd of the month for the following month. (it's like pulling teeth, one word answers not much information)
3) OK, you state that you get 8 hours per day pay when you work, does SWA offer a minum number or a quaranteed number of pay days.
Get ready for this one, "NO" (Now if by chance I got this wrong please correct me, cause I still can't believe this is correct.)
It goes on, parking, hotels, meals non of it gets any better. Their asking you to move there with no pay guaranteed, you could end up with 5 days of work, do the math that's $3,000 est. You could have a full month then the next mont they may be slow on training events and you sit at home. I am having a hard time believing this, please somebody, somebody tell me this isn't so and correct me.
SOURHTWEST AIRLINES
8/2023
The interview was conducted by David Colunga via a Phone Screen DMC. The phone rang at the appointed time and the voice on the other end greet me with the following salutation, "HEY THERE". Frist impression of Southwest Airlines and Mr. Colunga was not very impressive with a greeting of HEY THERE. You, the applicant have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of building flight time to arrive at this point in your careeer, your expecting the courtesy of a professonal interview.
I provided a completed application, along with a detailed Resume to Mr. Colunga. Mr. Colunga had at his disposal my entire work history along with a detail history of schools and education. After fumbling with words like, "it's all good." Mr. Colunga asked if I would go over my resume with him, give him a summary of my resume. This year marked my 50th year in aviation, a quick glance at my resume would have revealed to him that I had retired from United Airlines in good standing after 30 years of service as a Pilot. You would think that after 30 years of working for one company that he would have been happy with my work experice.
This is were I was ready to end the interview, this guy really showed that he did not read, review any of the information that had been provided to him in regrads to my experince or back ground and that he had no understanding of aviation. We went through the litany of each job that I had over the 50 years and what have I been doing since I retired. It really became evident that this guy did not have a clue, when he asked the following two questions.
Keep in mind, he is looking at my resume, I explained to him that I was a Captain for United on the B-737, my last flight was from Boston to IAH my last job was as a Captain on a B-737 at United Airlines. His next question is the following. "DO YOU HAVE A TYPE RATING IN THE B-737." Wait, it gets worse, "DO YOU HAVE A AIRLINE TRANSPORT TYPE CERTIFICATE."
This is the guy you have to get through to get to the school house job. Now comes the time that I get to ask questions.
1) Please explain the compensation package for the training Department?
It was pertty short answer, you are paid $72.24 per hour and you are guaranteed 8 hours of pay per day when you come in.
2) Please explain how we are scheduled to work?
The schedule is posted on the 23rd of the month for the following month. (it's like pulling teeth, one word answers not much information)
3) OK, you state that you get 8 hours per day pay when you work, does SWA offer a minum number or a quaranteed number of pay days.
Get ready for this one, "NO" (Now if by chance I got this wrong please correct me, cause I still can't believe this is correct.)
It goes on, parking, hotels, meals non of it gets any better. Their asking you to move there with no pay guaranteed, you could end up with 5 days of work, do the math that's $3,000 est. You could have a full month then the next mont they may be slow on training events and you sit at home. I am having a hard time believing this, please somebody, somebody tell me this isn't so and correct me.
30 years of mainline pay and you still dont want to retire? Some people just cant hang it up.
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