So there are about 340 737 captains and FO's on the AT side.
I have heard there are no or little plans to train till the end of summer.
This is backed up by the fact that SWA will not even start flying international till mid summer and that assumes all goes smoothly with training ( pilots, ground ops, agents, FA's), plus a whole new international reservation system. No big deal to fly it. Flying it and catching all the nuisances is a different matter.
SWA is lucky it can throw money at its problems. Much of it came from treating the AT side as 2nd class rather than equals.
They can't train 48 per month from the AT 737 side and keep the international up through mid summer. If they train 48 a month most will probably come from the 717 side.
SWAPA was not that successful. If the intent was to get the seats by Sept 2014 then SWAPA pilots are getting hosed out of 3 months of capt pay.
Either way someone will be getting paid and it won't be me. I am hoping for quality of life