Originally Posted by
navigatro
With all due respect, that is a HUGE mistake. You could sit in the UPS pool forever. Ask any of the poolies from 2006-7 who never got the call, then the pool was flushed.
Schedule the SWA interview. Take the job if offered. When/if UPS gives you a class date, then you have a choice to make.
I appreciate your advice, but it's all in the eye of the beholder. I've got friends on 8th and 9th year pay at SWA that fly their schedule and no OT and still make much less than what I make now. I'm personally better off staying in my current position than making a two-leg commute to reserve at a SWA domicile.
I realize the potential to swim in the UPS pool for years, it's a decision I've committed to. I'm not unemployed now, nor am I desperate to change jobs. I have a select few companies on my list that I would leave to work for, but SWA isn't one of them. I'm glad I realized that before I wasted their time and mine to interview.
If I lived in (or wanted to move to) a SWA base with the opportunity to fly OT, it would be a different situation. But I don't so it's not.