Between, the SWA/UAL/DAL/ETC threads out there you can gain alot of insight.

Ill do my best to answer some of the stuff.
Compensation-

You can do pretty dang well here. BUT you work for it. Its rare in normal times that someone sits around on reserve, never works and collects money. Weekday reserves are used less but those go senior... on the reserve scale. You can do 120K first year. Its possible. 100K is more realistic number without working 20 days a month. Id plan on 90K if you are a "fly the line" kind of person.
The people that make the large numbers fly or credit a ton. Hustle or know the ways to make money. You can get paid a bunch here without actually doing a ton of flying if you know how to work the system. Or you can grind. Whatever works for you.

Living in base. -

Yeah no brainer there, if you live in a base that ISNT Atlanta you should have a pretty good QOL and be able to make good money. Not much to say.

Contract 2020 -

Its the same story as every airline. Past due. If we can get our rewrite, with our asks, it'll be a really solid gain. A bunch of us are pretty jaded from the last few years and the BS we see in management so we know they can pay and provide what we want, so I don't think we will settle for less. I would be amazed if we had a TA in under 2 years.

The MAX is obviously the craft that SWA has hitched their caboose. Its a decent plane and efficient... I don't see them making a change any time soon.


Love flying with the crews, 95 percent of the inflight is good and as with anywhere, use common sense and the job is easy and stress free. I am a year 3 guy, and Im gonna ride the ship as long as it floats. With hiring and having a semblance of seniority I have no desire to go elsewhere. Now if they would just make Tampa a base!