Originally Posted by
Macjet
I know the head of training at WN. He's a great dude. Former Delta guy. Lots of cool stories. He'll be the first one to tell you that WN isn't getting the quality of candidate that they used to.
We have a lot of NetJets, Flex, Citation Shares, Options, and random 135 and 91 guys with us. None of that changes the fact that they have the highest failure rate. Period. The guys that do make it through training are generally solid guys. The best guys coming through class though are former regional guys. 91/91k/135 is just a different animal. Lots of cowboys with very, very few SOP's. That just the nature of the beast. It isn't impossible to go from 91/135 to a 121 but it certainly is harder.
Left a year ago and find these above statements to be untrue also.
Being at a 135 operator now and “knowing” the head of hiring, SWA has a high regard and respect toward 135/91 folks.
SWA has teamed up with 3 x 135 operators for future hiring Destination 2. If they believed 135 Operations was a problem they certainly wouldn’t funnel potential hires toward that type of flying.
Are there differences in 135 operators and their operations? Absolutely. Always pays to gravitate toward the operators with better reputations but SWA has hired from nearly gene pool of flight operation.
Apply when you meet the minimums, at end the job fairs when you can get invited, attend OBAB, WIA and other external job fairs when they start up again. Don’t let forum spoilers discourage you and good luck.