Southwest hiring info
01-05-2015, 07:17 AM
#871
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2013
Posts: 456
YMMV, but I've been here a whopping 12 months and haven't been on reserve for the past five months. The cherry on top is I'm at the base I want, DAL. I bounce between a blank line and and a hard line. January earned me a blank line at better than half way up the list, I got my second blank line choice.
01-05-2015, 08:04 AM
#872
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 200
I'm not sure that's really accurate, people are holding lines within a few months in the junior west bases. Reserve in base at SWA can't be that bad either? Was it it like, 15 days off and 3-4 days off between blocks?
01-05-2015, 08:07 AM
#873
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 200
01-05-2015, 01:55 PM
#875
Furloughed Again?!
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Boeing 737
Posts: 4,804
Southwest hiring info
There's also a lot more days off at SW than most other places. 15 days off on a short month, 16 days off on a long month. (Vs 12/13 at most other companies) Yeah I'd rather have long-call, but if I can't then I'm glad to have the extra days off!
01-05-2015, 06:05 PM
#876
Line Holder
Joined APC: Feb 2011
Posts: 53
Not sure but SWA is no longer the only deal in town. With that being the case not sure if plunking down 7500 for a type is worth the gamble anymore. Unless already offered the job or military needing an atp and paying with gi bill.
I'm glad to be here and this is the best fit for me but with the legacies new contracts and retirements paired with SWA moral on the downswing (due to our lack of contract), it makes no sense for SWA to have the highest mins.
I'm glad to be here and this is the best fit for me but with the legacies new contracts and retirements paired with SWA moral on the downswing (due to our lack of contract), it makes no sense for SWA to have the highest mins.
01-06-2015, 10:52 AM
#877
On Reserve
Joined APC: Oct 2013
Position: CRJ CA
Posts: 21
I'm a new hire and just had Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years off. I'm sitting at 98-99% on the seniority list. I spent almost 10 years at a regional and there was no chance of a holiday off with 10 years seniority. Also, from what I've seen moral is still outstanding compared to some of the legacies we contracted with at my last job. I guess my point is, I just got all the holidays off and average 14-15 days off a month with 85-90 hrs credit and i'm a junior reserve. I would guess my buds that just got hired at a legacy can't say the same. I agree that you would climb a seniority list faster somewhere else, I just don't think being junior here is an apples to apples comparison with other places.
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