Eh to each his own. If AA called today and offered another recall with my original USAir date of hire, I'd be gone.

I'm happy at SWA. It's a good place to work . It does feel like a regional from time to time though.

We all view this career through the lens of our past experience. For those of us who spent the lost decade either furloughed or stagnant at a commuter, Southwest was an appealing goal.

Thats not the situation job seekers today are in, but for many of us we've made our bed and we're in way too deep to go elsewhere now.

Thats why the "my airline is better than yours" debates are a joke. They are generational, and largely dependent upon the state of the industry at the moment the question is asked.

This is the year 2000 in the weeks and month leading up to 9/11. Every airline hiring like gangbusters. Absurdly lucrative contracts being signed. Industry consolidation...

History may not repeat itself but in a moment like this the last place I'd want to be is the bottom of a seniority list at any of the legacies... including SWA.