So I've been trying for SWA for a couple years, but really drilled them down as my numero uno a year ago and am curious what course may increase my chances. I meet and exceed all of the mins. I have a perfectly clean record, both aviation and personal. I have a bachelor's outside of aviation. I also went to the September 2016 open house and it went just fine. All of my flight time is civilian time flying corporate, no 121 time and just a small handful of 135.
Presently, I'm flying a large cabin corporate jet, both domestic and international, but only logging SIC (PIC Typed but not signing the part 91 docs or flight plan on my legs). Previously, I was a Citation PIC.
I'm in the conundrum of what to do to raise SWA's awareness of me. I'm just shy of 5,000TT so I'm wondering if that's the major issue.
Would I be better off logging more TPIC? I don't fly more than 325 hours per year so it's not building very quickly. I have the option of joining the 135 world as a Citation PIC and would certainly fly more than I am currently, but I'm not sure if that's the right missing piece. There's not much of a chance to upgrade at the current place for a number of years hence the thought of working the tail off for a few years at 135.
Any thoughts on the civilian picture for SWA hiring? Thanks for any thoughts!