Originally Posted by
av8r4aa
Southwest has a great mentoring program.
Go am get the hardest, busiest commuter job you can.
Work 6 to 8 very fast legs a day for about 5 years.
Get really good at being very busy and drinking from a fire hose.
Also learn how to eat while flying a approach to 200 and a half.
Learn how to push the limits of the plane and yourself .
When you have mastered all the above then go to SWA and collect the
best pay in the business. Working with the top pilots
and management in the industry. I am too old and tired to work that hard.
Give me the 15 hour, 3-2-1 Three day trip.
thanks for the answer.
I am pretty much doing what you said I should do: commuter job flying a metroliner about 100-120 a month (over the last 16 months i flew 1500 hours including 780 turbine PIC). I am still working at how to eat while flying a approach to 200 and a half, though.
I had never thought I could even think about going to southwest even though I would have certainly applied when reaching 1300 PIC.
I do have a very good internal recommendation at Spirit airlines. And I am supposed to give my friend my resume when I reach 2500 TT next month.
I am trying to understand how strong of an impact will have hte mentoring program on my application at SWA.
In other words is it worth it to give up on spirit and apply at SWA in 6 months when I have 1300 turbine PIC
thanks