Originally Posted by
Salukidawg
I’ll give you the contrary answer that isn’t popular with some on this site. I would encourage you to come over to Southwest. Things are a little rough right now, but I think they’re rough everywhere else as well. We’re making some (albeit minor progress) with the company in negotiations. If you currently live in a Southwest Domicile, life is pretty good on reserve. Overall I think it’s a good place to work, but there are a lot of choices out there right now. So, it may or may not be for you. I will say that I think the economy is about to take a major dive that is going to put the entire Airline Industry into the red again come fall. We have tons of cash on hand, the lowest debt of any Airline in the world, and the best fuel hedging program in the industry. Going into a prolonged recession, there is no other Airline I would rather be at than this one. YMMV.
This.
Lot's of variables to consider, but I think it comes down to this: where do you want to live? Which seniority list would you want to be at the bottom if should the music stop again?
Contract 2020 will see improvements, but no nothing is TA'd yet. I'm sure there is a backup plan being considered given the Max7 issues. The Max8 is VERY fuel efficient and we're converting all 2022 7s into 8s and deliveries are continuing as scheduled, 114 expected this year alone. I'd be surprised if we are still only operating 737s in 30 years given it's at the end of it's production road already. Oh and upgrade just dropped to 8 years and think it'll be down to 7 next year.
A good time to be looking for change! Good luck. SWA is a great job if you live in base, I'm very happy here.