Originally Posted by
Lewbronski
Posted
on the SWA forum:
Would like to get some perspective on the above statement. Would also like to get an idea if the above is entirely true, is it better on other fleets?
As a SWA guy, I constantly hear how SWA is, despite our flaws, superior to the OAL's like UA. If so many guys are saying it, there has to be some truth to it, right?
Also, I understand there are a lot of caveats, but in a general sense, how much time is it taking these days to upgrade to NB and then, WB captain? Are many guys hanging out for a while as NB/WB FO?
Finally, are you guys in mediation yet? If not, why not?
I stay at about 17-18 days off on the 737. Next month I actually had 19 off originally but picked up a good day turn. This one is 18. 18 in April. 13 off month after month is pretty terrible. I've never seen that here. The lack of an ability to drop and swap is only half true. It is difficult to straight drop. I can swap quite a bit, especially for bad/worse days. I've only straight dropped a trip once. A few other times another pilot took it off my schedule.