Originally Posted by
mlefan3
Hello Everyone,
With all the hiring happening right now at basically every airline, I haven't seen much movement at SWA. From reading APC it looks like this is due to the lack of personnel to train new hires. I live in the Orlando area and would love to work at SWA. Even with the knowledge that MCO would take time to hold and the upgrade isn't quick I have had such a positive experience while commuting for both military and regional life that I can only hope to get on with Southwest. I have applied on the last 3-4 windows with no luck so far and I believe the references section have a big Red X has someting to do with it. My question is 1) does anyone know if this has something to do with selection and 2) where/how do you meet SW pilots to get an Internal rec? Does SW do a "Meet the Chiefs" or career fairs and if so whats the prospect of this alone working out? My apologies if this is in another forum and feel free to delete or move this into the appropriate spot.
I wouldn’t sweat the internal recommendation. They don’t help you get a call for an interview any earlier. I’m currently at requal training and was told we want to hire over 3000 pilots over the next two years, and then 1000 a year for the next 7. Was told that there are currently about 3000 very qualified applicants. However, I’ve seen a slide that shows the legacies, UPS, and FedEx planning on hiring 7500 pilots this year. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will get a phone call…..