Originally Posted by LAXtoDEN

You may not believe this, but I’d bet United has had probably equal if not more quit and go to Delta and American. Their hiring department is targeting their competitors WO regionals. Those pilots get hired at United then go back to the legacy airline that has the base they’re living in.

I think SWA managements real problem is their current applicant pool. The hack apparently exposed they have about 3,000 applications on file. But what’s more alarming is how many are actually legit? I still have an application with you guys on file but obviously won’t be applying during the open dates. I bet most the pilots back in my new hire class at Delta last year still have an application on file at SWA.

I believe the statement made above that maybe a couple hundred applicants are actually applying to SWA regularly. I just read in another thread of a regional FO who hit 501 hours turbine time (your current minimums) and he got an interview and next day job offer after the interview.

The information I’ve gathered tells me your leverage is the applicant pool drying up to nothing. At this point nobody wants to work for SWA.

Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

Rumor over on the union forum is that they’re going to go to zero turbine time and a restricted ATP. That’s pretty scary if it’s true.