Southwest Hiring Info 2016
02-25-2016, 04:06 AM
#681
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: SWA F/O
Posts: 145
The Southwest defectees I fly with would know more about this than I but off the top of my head:
1. International override pay( including Hawaii and Puerto Rico)
2. International Per Diem
3. Company paid parking, dry cleaning, new uniforms, Global Entry, KCM, passports, EKGs, and type ratings.
4. Deadhead in Economy Plus (150% for middle seats)
5. Deadhead in First on international or recurrent training.
6. Retiree health Account in a VEBA trust which handles the spillover (16%)from Defined Contribution Plan exceeding $53,000
7. Long Term Disability Plan
8. Crew Meals
9. Senior Manning pays 200% not 150%
10. FAR extensions automatically pay 2.5 or 5 hours
11. Working into day off pays 200% plus day restoration (or 5 additional hours add pay)
12. Delta snap-up provision
13. Company paid moves and travel days with base transfer
1. International override pay( including Hawaii and Puerto Rico)
2. International Per Diem
3. Company paid parking, dry cleaning, new uniforms, Global Entry, KCM, passports, EKGs, and type ratings.
4. Deadhead in Economy Plus (150% for middle seats)
5. Deadhead in First on international or recurrent training.
6. Retiree health Account in a VEBA trust which handles the spillover (16%)from Defined Contribution Plan exceeding $53,000
7. Long Term Disability Plan
8. Crew Meals
9. Senior Manning pays 200% not 150%
10. FAR extensions automatically pay 2.5 or 5 hours
11. Working into day off pays 200% plus day restoration (or 5 additional hours add pay)
12. Delta snap-up provision
13. Company paid moves and travel days with base transfer
"Company paid type-ratings" - ha. Did a Delta guy teach you that?
02-25-2016, 06:19 AM
#683
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,923
I stand corrected - nice list of some improvements I hope we can secure. For the time being though, I'll take our rigs and line bidding over what you listed above. Those are the real drivers of QOL, not the company paying $30 a month for my parking. A lot of that stuff will come in he next contract (some of it was in the failed TA).
"Company paid type-ratings" - ha. Did a Delta guy teach you that?
"Company paid type-ratings" - ha. Did a Delta guy teach you that?
02-25-2016, 08:19 AM
#685
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,715
Southwest Hiring Info 2016
Can anyone explain how SWA's travel benefits works with a significant other who's not a spouse? Does my girlfriend have to live with me (i.e., domestic partner)? Or can I just designate one person as my significant other? Is it an easy process to change if we break up? I plan to have my profile picture for tinder/match just be a pic of a companion ticket. 
You just designate them. It can be your girlfriend, gay lover, or just a college bro from the frat house.
If it is anything like getting a family member on, it can be changed by calling our jobs program of a pass office and submitting paperwork in triplicate to them (sign the puce copy, leave the goldenrod blank), calling them 9 times, and finally having them refer you to somebody in another department.
Still not sure why in the age of id90 and electronic employee travel, we still have a pass office. Oh, wait, that's right, I still have to submit my request 3 months in advance for paper buddy passes that expire in a year and mail them to family members so I can become their full time travel agent because they can't wake up early enough to take the empty flight.
Somehow we can list buddy passes online but they have to obtain the actual paper document from us prior to flying. Oh yeah, and if the CSR takes one too many coupons from the pass like they did from my daughter when she was flying with a friend to Orlando, there isn't anything you can do to rectify that short of sending them another pass. Great system, but at least they are free (sorta kinda).
02-25-2016, 08:26 AM
#686
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,715
The Southwest defectees I fly with would know more about this than I but off the top of my head:
1. International override pay( including Hawaii and Puerto Rico)
2. International Per Diem
3. Company paid parking, dry cleaning, new uniforms, Global Entry, KCM, passports, EKGs, and type ratings.
4. Deadhead in Economy Plus (150% for middle seats)
5. Deadhead in First on international or recurrent training.
6. Retiree health Account in a VEBA trust which handles the spillover (16%)from Defined Contribution Plan exceeding $53,000
7. Long Term Disability Plan
8. Crew Meals
9. Senior Manning pays 200% not 150%
10. FAR extensions automatically pay 2.5 or 5 hours
11. Working into day off pays 200% plus day restoration (or 5 additional hours add pay)
12. Delta snap-up provision
13. Company paid moves and travel days with base transfer
1. International override pay( including Hawaii and Puerto Rico)
2. International Per Diem
3. Company paid parking, dry cleaning, new uniforms, Global Entry, KCM, passports, EKGs, and type ratings.
4. Deadhead in Economy Plus (150% for middle seats)
5. Deadhead in First on international or recurrent training.
6. Retiree health Account in a VEBA trust which handles the spillover (16%)from Defined Contribution Plan exceeding $53,000
7. Long Term Disability Plan
8. Crew Meals
9. Senior Manning pays 200% not 150%
10. FAR extensions automatically pay 2.5 or 5 hours
11. Working into day off pays 200% plus day restoration (or 5 additional hours add pay)
12. Delta snap-up provision
13. Company paid moves and travel days with base transfer
I am no cheerleader, but in the name of complete transparency, we actually have a lot of that stuff. Bravo on the recent contract that you guys approved, though. Wish we could come to an agreement with our management as easily as you guys did. Unfortunately, so far it has been like squeezing blood (mostly bad blood) from a turnip.
02-25-2016, 08:35 AM
#687
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2014
Position: Left Seat
Posts: 149
Our insurance went up a lot over the last couple of years with the ObamaCare Cadillac tax looming. I have traditional coverage in a high deductible plan (regular traditional has roughly the same rates) and pay about $325 for my family ($425 -$100 non smokers credit). Some of the employee groups that have not settled on a contract yet have much lower rates. I know pilots married to flight attendants that use the flight attendant plan. There are a lot of other HMO/PPO style plans that cost somewhat less but I am unfamiliar with those (my wife is a doctor and doesn't want to go through a gate keeper). The dental plan is traditional and is pretty good ($32/month). There are a few other HMO style options with dental also.
02-25-2016, 08:38 AM
#688
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2014
Position: Left Seat
Posts: 149
I am no cheerleader, but in the name of complete transparency, we actually have a lot of that stuff. Bravo on the recent contract that you guys approved, though. Wish we could come to an agreement with our management as easily as you guys did. Unfortunately, so far it has been like squeezing blood (mostly bad blood) from a turnip.
02-25-2016, 05:36 PM
#689
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Position: Transitioning
Posts: 84
You just designate them. It can be your girlfriend, gay lover, or just a college bro from the frat house.
If it is anything like getting a family member on, it can be changed by calling our jobs program of a pass office and submitting paperwork in triplicate to them (sign the puce copy, leave the goldenrod blank), calling them 9 times, and finally having them refer you to somebody in another department.
Still not sure why in the age of id90 and electronic employee travel, we still have a pass office. Oh, wait, that's right, I still have to submit my request 3 months in advance for paper buddy passes that expire in a year and mail them to family members so I can become their full time travel agent because they can't wake up early enough to take the empty flight.
Somehow we can list buddy passes online but they have to obtain the actual paper document from us prior to flying. Oh yeah, and if the CSR takes one too many coupons from the pass like they did from my daughter when she was flying with a friend to Orlando, there isn't anything you can do to rectify that short of sending them another pass. Great system, but at least they are free (sorta kinda).
If it is anything like getting a family member on, it can be changed by calling our jobs program of a pass office and submitting paperwork in triplicate to them (sign the puce copy, leave the goldenrod blank), calling them 9 times, and finally having them refer you to somebody in another department.
Still not sure why in the age of id90 and electronic employee travel, we still have a pass office. Oh, wait, that's right, I still have to submit my request 3 months in advance for paper buddy passes that expire in a year and mail them to family members so I can become their full time travel agent because they can't wake up early enough to take the empty flight.
Somehow we can list buddy passes online but they have to obtain the actual paper document from us prior to flying. Oh yeah, and if the CSR takes one too many coupons from the pass like they did from my daughter when she was flying with a friend to Orlando, there isn't anything you can do to rectify that short of sending them another pass. Great system, but at least they are free (sorta kinda).
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