Originally Posted by
Thunder1
Dawg,
Your statement about the $30 per hour differential between SWA and Legacy is not an apples to apples comparison. Anyone that is just looking at the $ differential needs to sit down and talk with real pilots at each of the airlines. Work rules and rigs trump pay rates every day and SWA has good duty rigs that make the trips productive. Have to look at the whole picture. Each airline has their pros and cons.
Thanks Thunder. You're right, the real money is in the work rules. For the sake of WN's ability to attract quality applicants, I hope folks are able to get this type of personal perspective. Hard to glean this kind of insight from a web search and since W-2s aren't available, uninformed applicants make decisions based on published pay scales.
Good stuff.