And that is our point. Please don't apply to SWA if you don't want to work here. Despite what you think there is still a strong culture of people who love it here and DO want to work here.

I'm sitting in class with 27 very qualified and very happy to be here individuals. Some have applied many times, a couple had interviewed more than once, some got lucky the first time. It's a pretty even mix of military and civilian. The one thing we all have in common. We all are beyond ecstatic to be here! And if that's something you want, keep trying and it will happen.

I hope that if you want to be somewhere else, that is where you end up. If you don't know where you want to be, perhaps that is why you are where you are!

(Disclaimer: this is in no way intended to downplay Airtran integration issues, I hope we find a way to get along amicably in the years to come.)