Actually I know of a few 175 guys that have at least a year to flow that are going to Delta and Southwest. I know Delta is hiring a lot. I've been told SWA is advertising 900 in 2018 but will hire as much as the training center can handle which can take them well over 1000. SWA has the highest capacity to take new hires among all the legacies right now. Something is stirring up over there for sure and its beyond just Hawaii.

I know a lot of people frown on them because they think its just a glorified regional with 5 leg days. I've seen a lot of SWA trips and that stereotype isn't true at all. The bulk of their trips are 3 days average about 3 legs a day. I had to dig really hard to finally find a 5 leg day. It wasn't even that bad. It was LBB-DAL-HOU-HRL-HOU-DAL. You started at 1600 and were back and done at 2300. That was the only 5 leg day on that trip. They don't have any of those up in the North. As you all know it will only take seconds to find a 5 leg day in an envoy bid packet. On top of that it probably has a 2.5 hour sit somewhere in those 5 legs too.

They also pretty awesome reserve rules too. There is not a long call out. But you get a minimum of 15 days off a month guaranteed. You'll have AM or PM reserve. I don't think there is airport standby. They also pay distance flown. One trip equals something like 160 miles. If you overblock then you will still get more trips by the way. Each reserve day pays a minimum of 6 trips. If you get called in then each day goes to 6.5 trips minimum and if one of your days ends up being over 6 trips then you will get the difference added to on top your 90 trips regardless of what little your usage was the rest of the month. Each day pays a minimum of 6.5 trips. Its also easy to give away reserve blocks or pick some up even among line holders. Apparently all the new hires are getting their ultimate base of choice within 6 months of their hire date. People fly an average of 110 trips per month over there and still average 16 days off while doing it. They have a 10 year upgrade now but they think anyone hiring after 2014 and beyond will upgrade in 6-7 years.

Give it a shot. All I hear about is that the application process through the interview is extremely painless. One guy told me he was in and out of the whole thing in 3 hours and only about 45 minutes to an hour was actually interviewing.

Anyone who has at least a year to flow should be keeping there app up to date. Don't get fixated on the carrot in front of you. If you actually look around you'll notice that we are chasing this flow carrot in front of us right through a whole garden of carrots. You just got to get off the horse and dig them up.