Originally Posted by MatthewAMEL

Agree with your analysis...with one exception...D225 is an abject failure. Ask people who actually know (not Training Ctr Mgr) and you'll discover fewer than 100 people in the pipeline. Just the tuition portion of the program is a $112K loan from SWACU. That does not include any expenses (food, housing, etc). If you are on the University path, it's only a 'letter of intent' that means nothing until R-ATP, then 2 years at a 'partner airline'. You aren't locked into coming to SWA. You can easily head to DAL or AA or elsewhere.