Originally Posted by
gingerbread89
After my stint in mil flying and the rapid swing to the woke culture, no foreseeable deployments for my sq, and just wanting to fly planes instead of push queep, I'm thinking of jumping ship, even though my wife will still have six years before she can get out. Eventually we would like to end up in Houston or DFW, and with SWA having both as domiciles, they're looking pretty attractive (assuming a CJO shows up). My big focus would be on QOL, and living in domicile I think there would be the opportunity to have better QOL and make up for the slightly lower pay than some of the other majors. How senior are each of these bases, and how quickly could someone expect to hold a line at either one?
Cheers!
So, does this answer your deeper question of whether you should come to SWA or United? I see you asked this over there also. Were we the bigger jerks or United?
BTW, I get the woke part. I left the mil and might have had the same comment as you did, fully knowing it’s part of the civilian world too. Just way more dangerous potentially in the mil. Easier to 5th and 20th it over here.
I really like it here in Houston. My son wants to come here and I don’t advise against it, assuming he evaluates UAL/Delta. Knowing what I know now I’d still come here.