Originally Posted by
FLY6584
Just to add some more for you to think about...
I was hired in October of last year. When I run my seniority with zero growth it shows a 15 year upgrade. If I put a 2% growth in then it drops to a 9 year upgrade and increases our numbers from 8,300 to about 11,500 which is what we would need for 1000 aircraft which is where they say they want to eventually be.
With that said the joker in the deck is a possible merger/acquisition. Should that happen then the 9-15 year upgrade goes out the window and you and I are kicking ourselves in the ass every single day for the rest of our careers. Personally I don't trust that won't happen so I'm starting to look really close at FedEx and UPS right now and the commutes involved with both.
IMHO, if you have 20-30+ years left, you'd better REALLY like where you live if that's the sole reason for choosing SW over the other majors.
We lag far behind the industry in most areas, and even though we've finally got a SWApA BOD that represents it's pilots, we're not likely to make up the difference any time soon.
The sad part is that even after all the education that new SWAPA has put out in the last 6 months (which is more than we've gotten out of SWApA in the last decade), we still have a lot of clueless folks here that truly think we're "industry leading" in most areas.