Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
Sad to see that Southwest is still requiring the type rating. You'd think that SWAPA would fix that. Soon, when the legacies really ramp up the hiring and movement there is swift, Southwest will not be the most desirable place to work.Now that the legacies have similar payscales, do not require you to buy your type, and have way quicker movement, you will most likely see Southwest drop the mandatory type rating and 1000 pic. They will have to in order to compete for candidates.
They won't "have to" anytime soon...there's a good 12,000+ CAs with well over 1000TPIC wanting to move from regionals who are qualified without black marks of death (DUI, multiple failures/violations, etc...). Maybe in 8 years or more, but "have to"? No way.