Originally Posted by
Av8r75
Thank you to those of you who responding constructively...
This is one of the reasons I do not post often on these forums. I usually just read the forums and filter out all the garbage. The comments about not putting all my eggs into one basket are not necessary...
I am not new to life and only mentioned SWA as my career goal, because that is where I prefer to end up for multiple reasons, not least of which is the culture at SWA. If I end up somewhere else then so be it, but that is not the question I originally asked.
Actually, the comments about looking at all the airlines close to you (SWA at BWI, AA at PHL and DCA and UAL at IAD)... are constructive because it’s far easier to lateral from one major to another than it is to break out from the dime a dozen regional pilots and corporate crowd.
Biggest things you seem to be missing from your resume are amount of total time and lack of 121 time.
If you’re 45minutes from BWI, you’re within driving distance of regionals at AA Wholly Owned regionals PHL and DCA (Piedmont and PSA respectively). Why mention those? They’ve got flow throughs to AA and you can use that as a backup while you beef up your resume for SWA and worse case update your app as an AA pilot after you flow (and SWA HR will enjoy stealing you away from AA).