Originally Posted by Chinabug

I'm a military pilot retiring in the next few months, a couple questions on the Southwest application process:

1) What's the internal and external recommendation process? I saw on pilotcreds a tab to submit a recommendation. I was also told internal recommendations are submited AFTER an interview is granted? Obviously different with each company...

2) Thoughts on getting the B737 type rating before a potential interview? I have ZERO heavy/transport time, only fighters. Just wondering if the SWA HR team looks at this favorably when crunching records?

Thanks all, looking forward to starting my second career. Love to work for SWA!!!