Originally Posted by Upstateny

40 in my class, we are in our second week. Half of the class including myself wears the SWAPA lanyard. Yeah the kool aid is being served and we choke it down. I chose Southwest because it his a lot of potential. The lack of contract is the big unknown. My hope is that if we stand strong we will get a good contract and because of the meltdown things will change operationally. If not I’m getting a free 737 type in a pretty nice training center. I don’t have seniority keeping me here.
I will say one thing, the company works hard to sell themselves and to try to keep the kult-ure alive, SWAPAon the other hand has made no attempt in communication or education which is disappointing. With so much at stake and 40 pilots starting a week you’d think they would be trying to educate the newbs.
We’ll see what happens, I’m hoping for the best and trying to keep a positive attitude. Have faith, us koolaid drinkers aren’t stupid.